Day 629: Delta 13 Pro Max 5G

MSN has some details about the rumored Delta variant variant known as Delta Plus, AY.4.2, not to mention sillier names (h/t Reddit). It doesn't sound particularly newsworthy:

“We need urgent research to figure out if this delta plus is more transmissible, has partial immune evasion,” Gottlieb said in a tweet.

“There’s no clear indication that it’s considerably more transmissible, but we should work to more quickly characterize these and other new variants. We have the tools.”

P.S. Massachusetts cases were up a sixth of a percentage point.