The more contagious COVID variant is shaking financial confidence, as more and more people mask up again. Author: January Keaton Updated: 11:42 PM EDT July 19, 2021 CLEVELAND — The more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to take lives and shake financial confidence, and the effect could be hitting you in the wallet. Stocks suffered their biggest drop in months on Monday, and more and more people are masking up again. The CDC says more than half the country is not vaccinated - not only potentially jeopardizing their health and freedom, but their finances. Concerns about inflation and a reboot of COVID surrounding the more contagious Delta variant walloped Wall Street. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 seeing their worst declines in months. The Dow dropped 2.1%, the S&P 500 dropped 1.6%, and the Nasdaq dropped 1.1%.