Lambda variant
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Lambda variant:
https://nypost.com/2021/07/05/fears-arise-that-lambda-covid-variant-may-be-resistant-to-vaccines/
It's just the NY Post. I will start worry when The NY Times reports this.
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@axtremus said in Lambda variant:
@george-k said in Lambda variant:
https://nypost.com/2021/07/05/fears-arise-that-lambda-covid-variant-may-be-resistant-to-vaccines/
It's just the NY Post. I will start worry when The NY Times reports this.
Good point. New info on variants, vaccines and treatments start with lots of uncertainty and become more reliable over time.
You can either pick and choose what to pay attention to from the sources “fed” to you or you can follow the guidance of experts who don’t have a political or “mother knows best” point of view.
As an example we know now for sure the delta variant is much more transmissible, that two shots of Pfizer or Modern protect against serious covid but we don’t know if more or less deadly.
We also know that new variants are arising with reliable frequency and the sooner we get to high vaccination rates the safer everyone will be.
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@axtremus said in Lambda variant:
@george-k said in Lambda variant:
https://nypost.com/2021/07/05/fears-arise-that-lambda-covid-variant-may-be-resistant-to-vaccines/
It's just the NY Post. I will start worry when The NY Times reports this.
In other word, you prefer to get your information from a proven propaganda source rather than from a source known for reporting the truth.
In other words, a typical brain dead democrat.
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@axtremus said in Lambda variant:
@george-k said in Lambda variant:
https://nypost.com/2021/07/05/fears-arise-that-lambda-covid-variant-may-be-resistant-to-vaccines/
It's just the NY Post. I will start worry when The NY Times reports this.
The Lambda variant of COVID-19 may be more resistant to vaccines and is highly infectious, researchers at Japan's University of Tokyo have warned in a new scientific paper published on July 28. The study is yet to be peer reviewed.
Like the Delta variant, Lambda is highly transmissible but Japanese researchers believe that three mutations in the variant's spike proteins make it more resistant to antibodies induced by vaccination.
Lambda, which is also known as the C.37 variant, is responsible for 1,037 cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., according to data from the GISAID Initiative, which promotes the rapid sharing of information about influenza and coronaviruses.
The variant was first identified in Peru in August, 2020, where it has now become the dominant strain of the virus, and it has been reported in 29 countries including the U.S.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo published their paper at bioRxiv, a "preprint server for biology," last Wednesday ahead of the paper's peer review.
In lab experiments, they identified three mutations in the Lambda variant's spike protein—called RSYLTPGD246-253N, 260 L452Q and F490S—that make it more resistant to neutralization by antibodies that are induced through vaccination. This makes the strain more resistant to vaccines than the original COVID-19 strain first identified in Wuhan, China.
The research team also identified two further mutations—T76I and L452Q—that make the Lambda variant highly infectious. They also warn that the World Health Organization's classification of Lambda as a Variant of Interest (VOI) rather than a Variant of Concern (VOC) might lead some people to take the threat less seriously.
The researchers write: "Because the Lambda variant is a VOI, it might be considered that this variant is not an ongoing threat compared to the pandemic VOCs."
"However, because the Lambda variant is relatively resistant to the vaccine-induced antisera, it might be possible that this variant is feasible to cause breakthrough infection," the paper says.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Lambda variant:
The researchers write: "Because the Lambda variant is a VOI, it might be considered that this variant is not an ongoing threat compared to the pandemic VOCs."
I suppose I will reevaluate about whether to start worrying when the Lambda variant becomes a VOC.
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@copper said in Lambda variant:
@george-k said in Lambda variant:
Lambda, which is also known as the C.37 variant, is responsible for 1,037 cases of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Death count, or it doesn't matter
Tell that to the people with Covid-related heart problems.
