News Alert: CDC document warns Delta variant appears to spread as easily as chickenpox and cause more severe infection

News Alert: CDC document warns Delta variant appears to spread as easily as chickenpox and cause more severe infection

Delta Covid-19 variant appears to cause more severe illness and spreads as easily as chickenpox, internal CDC document says
CNN

The Delta coronavirus variant surging across the US appears to cause more severe illness and spreads as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal document from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The document -- a slide presentation -- outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people might spread the Delta variant at the same rate as unvaccinated people.