Covid-19, Delta Variant, and Vaccines
While a great deal of attention is being focused on the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, the number of deaths and positive tests have been increasing at a rapid rate.
By Dr. John E. Warren –
While a great deal of attention is being focused on the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, the number of deaths and positive tests have been increasing at a rapid rate.
We now have 74,209 deaths in the State of California, with 3.6 million cases and 55 deaths daily. For all of us, this means that we must stop acting as though the pandemic is over. It is not!
We still have a large number of African Americans who refuse to take the vaccine. Those of you in this group should be reminded that while you might escape being infected by the virus, you can still transmit it to others—and in some cases even cause the death of a family member, loved one, or friend.
If you are not taking the vaccine then, at the very least, wear a mask and practice the social distancing.
The sad truth is that more people have died in 2021 with the availability of the vaccine than in all of 2020 before the vaccine became available. The second sad truth is that African Americans and conservative Whites are the two groups that remain strongly against the vaccine, unless someone close convinces them otherwise.
Let’s skip the rumors and social media lies, take the vaccine, and live; just as you took all the other vaccines you have had, without objections. We are approaching 800,000 deaths in America. We can change this, in spite of the variants.
Dr. John E. Warren is the publisher of The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint.
