RT @EpiEllie@twitter.com
THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST:
The CDC’s recent announcement that the Delta variant has an average reproductive number of 6-9 has a lot of people concerned & many are asking me about whether this means we need COVID boosters.
Let’s talk through the math of how we might decide!
Reading this honestly takes a lot of the sting out of rolling back to face masks indoors and being more careful around my birthday.
It also confirms that the best course of action we can take as a community is encouraging everyone who can to get vaccinated ASAP.