@worriedmother1 I'm no epidemiologist and given I want the old world back and soon I might be guilty of cherry-picking articles that agree with my outlook. That said the writer of the article is quite forceful in that assertion though with the usual 'we just don't have enough data' caveats.
Good comment under the article.
"The pesky delta variant is more transmittable - no real surprises there as that's the way viruses mutate to stay viable. Cases seem to be rising very quickly, but we seem to have found a faster way of turning out the tests, so whilst that may be true, direct comparisons with historical rise rates may be tricky
It may or may not be more dangerous. Hospitalisation rates are still very low, so the margin for error in these calculations is relatively high. Let's wait and see. Generally viruses mutate to be equally or less dangerous. Why would this be different?
People who've had two vaccinations can still catch it and get ill. The 'failure' rate for vaccines is likely going to be around 5%, and that seems to be in line with what we are seeing.
People who have had two vaccines can sadly die. Unfortunately also true, because the folks in that camp are likely to be older and/or with additional health issues. If it's your relative, it is heartbreaking and a personal loss that is hard to rationalise and you have my sympathy.....
Please let's just try to keep things in proportion. This thing is endemic, it will keep mutating. Make risk-based decisions with regards to your own health, and take care that your decisions don't put others at risk. "