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Will the Delta Variant Peak and Then Burn Out?

Will the Delta Variant Peak and Then Burn Out?

Ali Mokdad, PhD, chief strategy officer for population health, University of Washington, Seattle.

Eric Topol, MD, executive vice president, Scripps Research; founder and director, Scripps Research Translational Institute, La Jolla, CA; editor-in-chief, Medscape.

Justin Lessler, PhD, professor of epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore.

Twitter: @ASlavitt, July 26, 2021.


Nature: “Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic.”

American Society for Microbiology: “How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant (B.1.617.2)?”

Johns Hopkins University: COVID-19 Data Repository, COVID tracker.

CDC: “COVID Data Tracker.”

CNN: “More infectious Delta variant makes up 83% of new coronavirus cases as vaccine hesitancy persists.”


National Geographic: “The Unusual Lambda variant is rapidly spreading in South America.”

WebMD, Medscape: “Delta Variant Could Drive Herd Immunity Threshold Over 80%.”


The Korea Herald: “Korea confirms first two cases of delta plus.”

NPR: “The Delta Variant Will Drive A Steep Rise in U.S. COVID Deaths, A New Model Shows.”

COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub.

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