Scott Gottlieb: New Coronavirus Strain from India Likely to Dominate Fall U.S. Infections

Former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb, said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation that a new coronavirus strain, called the Delta variant, first found in India, is likely to become a source of infections this fall. “Right now, in the United States, it’s about 10% of infections. It’s doubling every two weeks,” Gottlieb said. “That doesn’t mean that we’re going to see a sharp uptick in infections, but it does mean that this is going to take over. And I think the risk is really to the fall that this could spike a new epidemic heading into the fall.”-- More...