The virus mutates quickly so the vaccine can't be expected to be as effective at new variants compared to the variants it was designed to combat.
Ok, what would YOU do if you ran Pfizer or Moderna?
1. ship v1.0 of your vaccine with mRNA designed for the original COVID variant
2. modify your vaccine to be effective against the delta variant?
As expected, here is a joint statement from Pfizer and Moderna stating exactly that. [1]
[1] https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta...