Across the Atlantic, the number of deaths linked to Covid-19 has increased significantly in recent days, reaching an average of 1,500 deaths per day. The consequence of the spread of the Delta variant, more lax behaviors and an insufficient percentage of vaccinated in some states, according to the Washington Post.
“Every time humans have underestimated the virus and let their guard down, deaths have increased.” After a year and a half of the pandemic, the Washington Post learned this lesson. The coronavirus is an extremely difficult enemy to fight, and the fourth wave in the United States fully confirms this impression.
In July, across the Atlantic, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 had reached an average – very low – of around 200 daily deaths. With a relatively high rate of people vaccinated, Americans seemed to be able to look to the future with optimism, but the spread of the Delta variant has since been a game-changer.
“We are currently at the heart of an ideal combination of events to lead to disaster, caused by mutations in the virus and changes in people’s behavior”, summarizes Lauren Ancel Meyers in the columns of the American daily. For this professor of biology and statistics at the University of Texas, these are the two essential factors which brought to the current situation, where one counts an average of approximately 1,500
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