Delta Variant
topic on 2 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
5 statements about Delta Variant, every show
Puri: The COVID Delta variant cost Delta Air Lines $1B
“I feel like this is worth a billion dollars to Delta. Like, easily, this is worth one 25th of their market cap. This is worth a four percent swing in, like, brand value perception.”
Sacks: COVID-19 vaccines provide spectrum of protection, but vaccinated people transmit Delta
“Delta variant has slipped the vaccine. It still prevents the most serious cases. Generally speaking, we need to see it as a spectrum of protection rather than completely binary. But yeah, absolutely. You can get it and pass it on if you're vaccinated.”
Sacks: Unvaccinated people will contract the COVID-19 Delta variant
“So I think we're at the point now where if you're not vaccinated, You're gonna get the Delta variant.”
Friedberg: Delta variant will not crush US hospital system or cause massive fatalities
“There are enough people, people vaccinated in the United States at this point that this Delta variant is not going to crush our hospital system. It's not going to cause massive amount of fatalities, which is the reason we went into lockdowns in the first place…”