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I would say we are thinking about the pandemic in a very different way this week than we were just a few weeks ago. we are finding out a lot more about the delta variant and how transmissible it is and how it can infect people a little bit more than what we thought and so i think things are shifting in how people are getting messaging across and how people are thinking about getting vaccinated and masking. griff: and dr. patel, there are reports that the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and that vaccinated people can transmit it just as easily as unvaccinated people. what do you say? doctor: so those are two good questions that i know these both have been in the news a lot. so one thing that we ve learned recently is the way that we are thinking about how easily the delta variant of covid can be transmitted is almost as similarly as infectious as chickenpox. you think about ....
Was happening over a year ago and everyone there was unvaccinated, i would my fear factor would be out of control. we know now that the vaccines are doing a very good job and so the fact that this is happening, you know, it is a little worrisome. i really feel for my colleagues in chicago because in many hospitals we are already having a lot of patients coming to the icu, but doing more precautions, getting more of these people vaccinated if you re close contact with other people, even myself just in the last few weeks, i m starting to thinking about masking up again if i m going to be in close contact with other people. i would think about those precautions as you go on with your summer events. griff: so let me ask you about the masking, dr. patel, because in may, of course, we were told that if you got the shot, if you were vaccinated, you didn t need the mask and yet you mentioned the hospitalizations, 97% of hospitalizations, 97% more of ....