The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday that the unvaccinated are fueling the United States‘ recent uptick in COVID-19 cases.
July 16 (UPI) — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday that the unvaccinated are fueling the United States‘ recent uptick in COVID-19 cases. Director Rochelle Walensky said the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus was spreading particularly in areas of the country that have lower vaccination rates. „This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,“ she said during a White House press briefing. „We are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage, because unvaccinated people are at risk.“ According to the CDC, there were nearly 40,000 new cases and 285 deaths reported in the United States on Thursday, both upswings from lows recorded earlier in the summer.
