With Delta Variant, Vaccines Don’t Reduce Peak Viral Load: UK Study

With Delta Variant, Vaccines Don’t Reduce Peak Viral Load: UK Study
A small shopping basket filled with vials labeled "COVID-19 - Coronavirus Vaccine" is placed on a UK flag in this illustration taken Nov. 29, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Ilustration/Reuters
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Those who caught the Delta Variant of the CCP virus after being fully vaccinated carry a similar level of peak viral burden with their unvaccinated counterparts, a new UK analysis suggests.

This suggests that a vaccinated and an unvaccinated individual, while infected with the variant, would shed similar amounts of the virus at any given time during the peak of their illness.