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The Lambda Variant: What You Should Know And Why Experts Say Not To Panic
University of Houston Public Media ^ | 6-28-21 | LAUREL WAMSLEY

Posted on 08/06/2021 10:09:17 AM PDT by Brookhaven

While the delta variant of the coronavirus has quickly become the dominant strain in the United States, it’s not the only variant circulating in the population.

The lambda variant, first identified in Peru, is also making headlines as it has started to be identified in several states. Houston Methodist Hospital reported its first case of the variant this week. Scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina recently announced they had found the variant in a virus sample taken in April.

According to a database for scientists tracking coronavirus variants, fewer than 700 cases of the lambda variant have been sequenced in the U.S. so far out of more than 34 million coronavirus cases reported to date. But the U.S. has sequenced only a tiny fraction of its cases, so that number does not reflect the actual number of lambda cases in the country.

Fewer than 1% of U.S. cases in the last four weeks have been identified as the lambda variant, according to GISAID, a repository for genome data.

So do we need to add lambda to our list of big worries in the U.S.? Not yet, according to public health officials and experts.

(Excerpt) Read more at houstonpublicmedia.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chinavirus; covid; lambdavariant; variant
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The only variant with its own fraternity.

I had no idea Sammy Hagar was in Revenge of the Nerds.


1 posted on 08/06/2021 10:09:17 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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Seriously, it looks like we're about to be flooded with a plethora of variants.

True or not, they will supply the fear porn to allow the elite to maintain control.

2 posted on 08/06/2021 10:11:19 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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To: Brookhaven

Well, if the experts say not to worry...


3 posted on 08/06/2021 10:11:38 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: Brookhaven

I think Booger is the one spreading the virus.


4 posted on 08/06/2021 10:13:04 AM PDT by RainMan (Democrats ... making war against America since April 12, 1861)
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

Just report to your local Mengele center for medical experimentation and you will be fine, citizen!


5 posted on 08/06/2021 10:13:07 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Brookhaven

I’m holding out for the Rama Lama Ding Dong variant.


6 posted on 08/06/2021 10:13:18 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Brookhaven

I haven’t panicked since day one. The only person I personally know who got covid was a fully vaccinated one.


7 posted on 08/06/2021 10:14:26 AM PDT by roving
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To: Brookhaven

Until the Lambda++2x


8 posted on 08/06/2021 10:16:10 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Brookhaven

up next, the mid-term variant


9 posted on 08/06/2021 10:17:12 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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I'm waiting for the Omega Mu variant. Those girls sure can party!


10 posted on 08/06/2021 10:17:45 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: cgbg

Sorry for the lack of clarity—at the Mengele Center you will want to enter in the side door that says:

“Sub-humans”.


11 posted on 08/06/2021 10:18:32 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

I’m rather concerned about a Six Sigma variant, I hope I won’t have to get recertified.


12 posted on 08/06/2021 10:20:00 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Brookhaven

73 patents folks.... Fauci has 73 patents waiting in the wings.


13 posted on 08/06/2021 10:21:56 AM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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What we need to know is that this ‘varaint’ is on the back burner for now, just incase the cdc can’t scare enough people to get the vaccines by their constant delta variant fear-peddling. If they can’t, then in the knths to come, the lambda variant headlines will mysteriously morph into ‘beware the lamda variant which scientists are just now discovering is 73% more contagious than the delta variant despite earlier tests that showed that there was nothing to fear. Cases in Florida are skyrocketing because DeSantis refused to reimburse state lockdowns... stay tuned for fast moving developments, as this variant is quickly spreading and devastating the country at a shocking pace’


14 posted on 08/06/2021 10:24:07 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: roving

They won’t be happy until they demand people get a booster every week


15 posted on 08/06/2021 10:27:02 AM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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To: Brookhaven

The Lambda....Big hitter.....long


16 posted on 08/06/2021 10:27:19 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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Panic?! It’s the farthest thought from my mind lol.


17 posted on 08/06/2021 10:28:20 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Brookhaven

what comes next? Gamma?


18 posted on 08/06/2021 10:31:47 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Hyman Roth

AKA the Peru Flu.


19 posted on 08/06/2021 10:32:28 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Brookhaven

How it all started.!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsDlHprql-g


20 posted on 08/06/2021 10:37:00 AM PDT by unread (Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire)
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