Dr. Marty Makary Pans ‘Fear-Mongering’ Over Delta Variant, Says More Masking Orders Are ‘Overkill’

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MAKARY: "It's overkill, John, and you're going to hear a lot of fearmongering about the Delta variant, so let me break it down. It's about 40 to 60 percent more transmissible, but no evidence that it's more deadly. We were told the B117 mutation was more deadly, the research came in showing that it's not. Because it is more contagious, so we are seeing those who are not immune, primarily the young, see more cases. We are also testing too many people who already have immunity. That's in violation of the CDC guidelines. Nursing homes, hospitals are testing people already immune with no symptoms, and that's what's driving up some of those case numbers that look like Delta hospitalizations. So, we're not going to see a surge in cases, but we’re probably going to see a surge in PCR tests among those asymptomatic with colonized Delta strain in their nose, but they're not transmissible, and they're not sick from the illness."