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What to know about the delta variant of COVID-19
Author(s)Keith A. Reynolds, Logan Lutton
The variant is quickly spreading and reinvigorating the debate over masks.
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While most states have ended their COVID-19 restrictions for citizens, the rise of potentially dangerous variants has grown.
The delta variant in particular has doctors concerned as it rapidly spreads across the world and makes up greater and greater portions of the COVID-19 cases identified.
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