Posted on 07/05/2021 7:46:20 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
Scientists fear that a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant that is ravaging Peru may be resistant to vaccines.
The Lambda mutation, or C.37, appears to have emerged in Peru last August — and is now being blamed for the country having the highest pandemic death rate in the world.
The concerning strain has since spread to around 30 countries, mostly in Latin America — but also as far as the UK, which has recorded at least eight cases, according to government figures.
There are no known cases of the Lambda strain in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In Peru, Lambda has accounted for 81 percent of new infections tested for variants since April, according to the World Health Organization.
The South American nation currently has by far the highest mortality rate in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
There, nearly 10 percent of those recorded as being infected end up dying — with the death rate of nearly 600 for every 100,000 citizens almost double that of the next nation, Hungary, the data shows. The US is 21st with just under 185 deaths per 100,000.
“Our data show for the first time that mutations present in the spike protein of the Lambda variant confer escape to neutralizing antibodies and increased infectivity,” wrote the researchers from the University of Chile in Santiago.
That could explain why it has been able to take hold despite Chile “undergoing a massive vaccination program,” the study warned.
“Considering that this variant has rapidly spread in Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina, we believe that Lambda has a considerable potential to become a variant of concern,” they concluded in the preprint paper that has yet to be peer-reviewed.
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Exactly. “Fears arise.”
After they run out of Greek letters for variants, they can start using Chinese characters.
I hear there are plenty.
What about the Peruvian Llama variant?
Resistant to the China vax LOL!
Like all the variants and the original from Wuhan.
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I think more people should know that groups at higher risk for the wuhan coronavirus have more stored iron.
“Eta”, not “Eat”.
In other news, man is mortal.
RE: Lambda Variant
And here I am thinking we’ve only reached Delta.
How on earth did we hit Lambda and bypass the rest - Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota and Kappa?
Ping.
“Did I just miss reading about the Epsilon, Zeta, Eat, Theta, Iota, and Kappa “variants”?”
Yes, you did. All of them are Variants of Interest, but they never reached the same fame as Delta.
Yeah...I also heard that the variant from Mars is REALLY bad. It’ll just take 2 years to get here
Ten bucks says that there’ll be a variant in ‘24 that will require universal mail in ballots.
Thank you for re-enforcing what I just stated in my post. A little iron in your system goes a long ways and too much may affect your heart.
Oh, Universal Mail-In Ballots are here to stay.
Watch for the Tri-Lams and Alpha-Beta variants next. Fauci says the unvaccinated are going to have to mask up or move into gymnasiums all across the country.
Note that men are at a higher risk for the wuhan coronavirus. They have more stored iron.
Find a group that is at higher risk for it, they seem to always have more stored iron.
Many Asian countries have many people with iron deficiency, and fewer people with excess iron. These countries are a lot less affected.
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