{"id":10489,"date":"2021-08-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10489"},"modified":"2021-08-02T20:44:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T00:44:59","slug":"the-delta-variant-what-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10489","title":{"rendered":"The Delta Variant: What You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dnMOmsrOoMc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Delta caused over 75% of recent COVID-19 cases in the United States- according to estimates-and will likely cause more. Don\u2019t let Delta and other variants slow our progress in the fight against COVID-19. CDC\u2019s new video, The Delta Variant: What You Should Know, provides information on the Delta variant and what you can do to help slow the spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delta Variant video from the CDC: What You Should Know to help slow the spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[563],"tags":[540,577,401],"class_list":["post-10489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid","tag-covid","tag-delta-variant","tag-vaccine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Delta-Variant-scaled-e1627951469755.jpg?fit=2540%2C844&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-2Jb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10943,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10943","url_meta":{"origin":10489,"position":0},"title":"All About Omicron","author":"Will Clower","date":"January 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In less than two months, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has\u00a0spread around the globe\u00a0and caused a\u00a0staggering number of new infections. 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