This is an interesting fact check -- assuming they are correct they are confirming that the death rate from the delta variant is less than 1%.
Inadvertently it is confirming the delta (or any known variant) isn't likely to cause a wave because most of the at risk people have been vaxxed.
So the question is should we treat the current Covid situation the way we treated it in 2020?
There is no evidence that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a lower fatality rate than the wild-type virus
Conclusion
The CFR of the Delta variant is low for the general population, around 0.2%, but this may be because most of the population at a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 has been vaccinated in the U.K., which has reduced deaths caused by the disease. This also means that those who remain unvaccinated and unprotected are mainly people under 50 years old. The majority of Delta variant infections in the U.K. are occurring in this population, hence the CFR of the Delta variant mainly represents that of the population under 50 years old. Comparing the CFR of the Delta variant with that of the wild-type virus at a time before vaccines were available is misleading, since the former excludes most of the population over 50 years old, which has a higher CFR but is mostly vaccinated. In summary, there isn’t sufficient evidence that allows us to conclude that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is less lethal than the wild-type virus.
