MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Thirty-five cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant have been identified in Wisconsin. The easier-to-spread variant first appeared in India before leaping to the UK, and then the US.
“Well, it’s all based on spread… Somebody from India came into the UK and then somebody from the UK probably brought it to Wisconsin or the United States,” says Dr. Robert Mead, a physician from Bellin Health.
Dr. Mead says spread depends on travel.
Lead physician of the health system’s COVID-19 Instant command team, Mead calls the Delta variant of the virus the most predominant–
Adding some of the tools protecting people from the virus, might not make the cut against the variant.
“Most folks who have had COVID-19 do have some protective antibodies, but its variable. Some people have high tiders and some people have low tiders, and we know that they are still susceptible to getting re-infected,” says Mead.
The tiders Dr. Mead Is talking about are the concentration of antibodies after someone has recovered from COVID-19. Because that concentration is different per person, Mead and other health care professionals have this advice.
“Get vaccinated soon because the longer we wait than the more chance more virus variants will occur,” says Mead.
The state’s Department of Health Services says the variant is most present in the Northeast. State numbers show zero Delta cases in the Fox Valley region.
