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The papers for this episode:

Do the vaccinations also work against Delta?

  • English study: J. Bernal et al., July 21, 21, "Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant", NEJM

  • Scottish study with hospitalization information: A. Sheikh et al., 26.6.21, "SARS-CoV-2 Delta VOC in Scotland: demographics, risk of hospital admission, and vaccine effectiveness", The Lancet

Can vaccinated be carriers?

  • C. Brown et al., 7/30/21, "Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings - Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021", Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ( MMWR), CDC

  • Preprint from Imperial College: P. Elliott et al., "REACT-1 round 13 final report: exponential growth, high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine effectiveness associated with Delta variant in England during May to July2021",

  • Preprint Israeli study: M. Bergwerk et al., July 28, 21, "Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers",

  • NEJM study on the spread of Delta in the USA: A. Bolze et al., 21.6.21, "Rapid displacement of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 by B.1.617.2 and P.1 in the United States ",

  • Preprint thousandfold viral load: B. Li et al., 23.7.21, "Viral infection and transmission in a large, well-traced outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant",

  • Preprint from Singapore, medRxiv, Po Yin Chia et al, July 31, 21, "Virological and serological kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant vaccine-breakthrough infections: a multi-center cohort study"

What's next?

  • Preprint for the lambda variant, Izumi Kimura et al, "SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant exhibits higher infectivity and immune resistance", bioRxiv