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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4999034" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Nope, it's deaths per million cases.  There's just simply not as many dying from this variant as from the original strain.  Look at the total number of deaths as of 5 months ago.  The Delta variant has been the dominant strain, about 85% of new cases, for about 5 months now.  We were over 600,000 deaths then, still haven't hit 700,000 total now.  The numbers don't lie.  And everyone knows the Delta variant is much more contagious.  This pandemic is winding down, not revving up.  That doesn't mean it isn't dangerous or that those most vulnerable shouldn't get vaccinated.</p></blockquote><p></p>