Ex-CDC Chief Calls Delta Variant A 'Heat-Seeking Missile' That Targets The Unvaxxed

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Former CDC chief Tom Frieden was slammed on Monday after he called the Covid Delta variant a “heat-seeking missile” that targets the unvaccinated.

Frieden, who served as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under former president Barack Obama between 2009 and 2017 said “As Delta spreads rapidly, it’s acting like a heat-seeking missile targeting those who haven’t yet been vaccinated”

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As Delta spreads rapidly, it's acting like a heat-seeking missile targeting those who haven't yet been vaccinated.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) June 28, 2021

Many ridiculed and criticized Frieden over his claim while pointing out that the Delta strain is also infecting the vaccinated.

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RT reports: However, it’s not what Frieden wrote – and while some rolled their eyes over the bluntness of the statement, others wondered if the ex-official even understood how heat-seeking missiles and coronavirus work.

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Several users countered with reports that the Delta variant has been targeting those vaccinated against Covid-19 as much as it has been targeting the unvaccinated. That seems to be a picture emerging from Israel – the most-vaccinated country in the world – with Israeli Health Ministry head, Chezy Levy, telling the state broadcaster Kan Bet last week that up to 50% of new Delta variant cases in Israel have been recorded among vaccinated individuals. The official added that the authorities are still analyzing the actual figures, but fully vaccinated Israelis who’ve come in contact with the Delta variant will be told to self-isolate.

Many of the critics cited the developments in Israel as the reason they considered that Frieden’s statement clashed with reality.

50% of Delta variant cases in Israel have been in people fully vaxed.
In the UK, where the Delta variant makes up more than 90% of cases, 26 of 73 total deaths associated with the Delta variant were among people who had been fully vaccinated, The Telegraph reported this week.
— cjstova (@cjkovalic) June 28, 2021

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Delta is rife amongst the vaccinated too.
— Dorian Harris (@dorianjharris) June 28, 2021

Others focused on the ex-CDC director’s scandalous past, with one branding him a “heat-seeking sexual predator eyeing his prey,” in reference to Frieden pleading guilty to groping a woman without her consent in 2019. Though Frieden faced up to a year in prison at the time on charges of forcible touching, third-degree sexual abuse, and second-degree harassment, he avoided imprisonment after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and was ordered to stay away from the woman for a year.