Posted on 06/29/2021 4:34:35 AM PDT by dynachrome
Beta has followed Alpha and they were joined by Gamma and Delta, too, as WHO-designated Variants of Concern (VoC) of the novel coronavirus. While the world is warily tracking the spread of the Delta variant, or B.1.617.2, which was first identified in India in October last year, India itself is worried about Delta-plus. But the march of variants seemingly continues unabated and experts have in recent days said an eye must be kept on the Kappa and Lambda variants, too, both of which have been labelled as Variants of Interest (VoI) by WHO.
WHAT IS KAPPA? It is a variant that is linked to the B.1.617 lineage of mutations that has also given rise to the Delta variant. B.1.617 has been found to carry more than a dozen mutations of which two stand out: E484Q and L452R, which is why this variant has also been called the “double mutant".
WHAT IS LAMBDA? The C.37 variant, better known as Lambda, its name as per the WHO designations based on the letters of the Greek alphabet, is the newest VoI identified by the UN health agency. It was first identified in Peru in December last year and has so far been detected in samples from about 26 countries shared with GISAID. The highest number of samples submitted is from Chile followed by the US. Peru is third on the list.
However, no samples so far from India have been of the Lambda variant.
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“The Beta variant, which was first identfied in South Africa in May last year, accounts for just 1 per cent of the samples from India while Gamma, the fourth and last WHO-designated VoC, is yet to be detected in India.”
Anyone notice death rates are not discussed any longer. It’s infections only
The fraternity viruses? 8>)
Covid 19.84
Wait, what happened to ‘epsilon’? Was she aborted in the Wuhan lab????
Okay, who’s got the not this **** again guy meme...
Yep, can't make Joe 'n the Ho look bad 'n all that.
8s the two weeks to flatten the curve over yet?
No worries: Omega is the one to watch out for.
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Fauxi and the rest of the Hide Under Your Bed crowd have dozens of variants lined up.
Well, the globalist eugenicists are looking for an excuse to put us into double secret probation lockdown.
Hey these are GREEK designations. Greece is where Western Civilization started. Of course WC is exclusively WHITE! These designations are therefore racist and must be changed. I’m triggered...!
8>)
Beta Sigma
What happened to epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, and iota? Did the scientist decide to skip around the Greek alphabet? Or were these lesser variants unworthy of mention?
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