Hartmann: Delta, Delta+ and passports

Thom makes a strong case for Covid passports due to the outbreak of the Delta and Delta+ variants. We need to know who is and is not vaccinated because the latter increasingly endanger the former due to continued evolution of this virus. 

"Particularly given how deadly the Delta variant is, and how often it can even create 'breakthrough infections' in fully vaccinated people when they’re heavily exposed to the virus. [...] The original and early variants of the Covid virus required repeated or sustained exposure to become infected; the new Delta Plus variant can apparently be caught by simply walking past an infected person.

"But vaccine passports are what will save us, particularly since the Delta variant has already spawned a new variant of its own, Delta Plus, that’s 'more transmissible, more easily binds to human cells, and is potentially more resistant to antibody therapy' than even the deadly Delta variant itself.

"This is why more than half of Americans surveyed want vaccine passports now, as do many business owners. When it’s impossible to know if the person sitting next to you on a plane or in a restaurant is vaccinated or a Trump-humper who’s trusting in Jesus or hydroxychloraquine, many people are still reluctant to dine out, vacation, or go shopping the way we did before the pandemic."