We all know I'm not going to get a straight answer out of Sockeyes, so I'll just go ahead and give the answer to prove the point I was trying to make.
It was actually a bit of a trick question.
Blue Line - 2020 Israel (vaccine not available yet)
Red Line - 2021 Israel (80+% adult population vaccinated)
The separation between the two is likely to get larger in the coming weeks, since hospitalizations lag cases and cases are still quickly increasing there. Here's the same time frame but with cases
The point is that Delta is clearly more transmittable than the previous strains. This has been obvious in India where it first blew up and everywhere else that has followed. Florida has been having a summer wave, just like they did last year, except with a much more transmittable virus this year. You could've picked any blue governor to run Florida for the last couple months and they'd be in almost the exact same spot.
It was actually a bit of a trick question.
Blue Line - 2020 Israel (vaccine not available yet)
Red Line - 2021 Israel (80+% adult population vaccinated)
The separation between the two is likely to get larger in the coming weeks, since hospitalizations lag cases and cases are still quickly increasing there. Here's the same time frame but with cases
The point is that Delta is clearly more transmittable than the previous strains. This has been obvious in India where it first blew up and everywhere else that has followed. Florida has been having a summer wave, just like they did last year, except with a much more transmittable virus this year. You could've picked any blue governor to run Florida for the last couple months and they'd be in almost the exact same spot.