{"id":53053,"date":"2021-07-02T14:53:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T18:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=53053"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:11:50","slug":"delta-variant-causes-concern-as-cases-rise-across-the-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/delta-variant-causes-concern-as-cases-rise-across-the-southeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Variant Causes Concern As Cases Rise Across the Southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24302\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/david-wohl-2017.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/david-wohl-2017.jpeg\" alt=\"David Wohl, MD\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/david-wohl-2017.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/david-wohl-2017-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Wohl, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/delta-variant-causes-concern-as-cases-reported-within-nc-state-baseball-team-rise-across-southeast\/\">CBS-17<\/a> report says the COVID-19 variant that infected eight N.C. State baseball players can infect twice as many people as the virus last year. The report also acknowledged doctors are mostly concerned about those who are not vaccinated, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-wohl-md\/\">David Wohl<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the virus evolves to become more fit just like someone exercises and becomes better to run better to climb that\u2019s what happens with these viruses, they become better at being transmitted from one person to another,&#8221; said Wohl in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/delta-variant-causes-concern-as-cases-reported-within-nc-state-baseball-team-rise-across-southeast\/\">news report<\/a>. Watch or read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/delta-variant-causes-concern-as-cases-reported-within-nc-state-baseball-team-rise-across-southeast\/\">news story on CBS-17<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wohl also talked with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/coronavirus\/article252364313.html\">News &amp; Observer<\/a>, where he recognized the vaccine is the best protection for the Delta variant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CBS-17 report says the COVID-19 variant that infected eight N.C. State baseball players can infect twice as many people as the virus last year. 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