What is the Delta Variant?

Описание: What is the Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19? What exactly do you need to know about it? Do vaccines protect you from this variant? Dr. Seema Yasmin explains the answers to these common questions and more in this episode of Viral Facts.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-...
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac...

-------------------
Viral Facts is a regular series brought to you by the Stanford Center for Health Education and its Digital Medic initiative. We are a team of clinicians, global health researchers, and learning designers who translate complex health information into engaging learning experiences. Learn more and see references at https://digitalmedic.stanford.edu/vir....

Note: All of our content is produced using the best evidence available at the time of publishing. We will do our best to update content as information evolves, but please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s website for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-...

Dr. Seema Yasmin is an Emmy-award winning journalist, medical doctor and author of four books. She trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge and in journalism at the University of Toronto. Dr. Yasmin is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative. She served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is a medical analyst for CNN.

Do you have questions about COVID-19 that you'd like answered in a future episode? Reach out to us through Twitter, Facebook, or our website:

Digital Medic
Website: https://digitalmedic.stanford.edu/
Twitter:   / digital__medic  
Facebook:   / digitalmedic.org  

Stanford Center for Health Education
Website: https://healtheducation.stanford.edu/
Twitter:   / stanford_che  
Facebook:   / stanfordcenterforhealtheducation