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Lambda vs. Delta COVID Variant: What We Know So Far About the Different Strains
Newsweak ^ | 8-4-21 | JON JACKSON

Posted on 08/05/2021 3:36:16 PM PDT by dynachrome

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To: dynachrome

What happened to the beta and gamma variants? Did they just skip right past them right to the delta? Personally I think a gamma variant would sound scarier.


41 posted on 08/05/2021 5:21:54 PM PDT by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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To: cgbg

“This is part of a super-secret plan—to teach Americans the Greek alphabet!”

We used to rely on fraternities to teach that.


42 posted on 08/05/2021 5:23:19 PM PDT by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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To: dynachrome

Doesn’t matter what the difference is.

Catch either one and you’ll be dead by sundown.


43 posted on 08/05/2021 5:34:52 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: dynachrome

And I STILL WON’T TAKE the Beast Shot, and STILL won’t wear a Beast Mask!


44 posted on 08/05/2021 6:04:55 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: dynachrome

Soon there will be as many china flu variants as the current multitudinous genders.


45 posted on 08/05/2021 6:07:58 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: mass55th

When we get to the Omega variant, it’s all over.


46 posted on 08/05/2021 6:20:58 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (MAGA, and build that wall, and buy Greenland now.)
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To: dynachrome

in fact, it has mutations that promote ability to evade antibodies, not just ‘vaccines’.

Now for the bad news: the illegal migrants consist of hookers, too. Who are infected with covid and stds. Pimps in Guatemalan, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador are sending them because they can make more money in the US. According to a local source, these hookers are getting into hairpulling fights with existing latina hookers who resent the newcomers taking over their corners. Which get the pimps to fighting as the latina hookers get sick and can’t work.

Back to Lambda. what I’ve gleaned:

C.37 - Peru (Lambda): This variant was first detected in Peru in December 2020 and spread throughout South America (WHO) says that the lambda variant has been the COVID carrier in about 81% of infections in Peru since April. - seven unique spike protein mutations including a mutation called L452Q, which is similar to the L452R mutation seen in the Delta and Epsilon variants. The spike protein of the lambda variant presented increased infectivity when compared with the spike protein of the Alpha and Gamma variants, both of them with reported increased infectivity and transmissibility. Lambda’s L452Q mutation might also help it spread far and wide. Lambda’s unique spike mutations could help it slip past the body’s immune increased infectivity and immune escape from neutralizing antibodies elicited by (chinese) CoronaVac - F490S, F490S, L452Q

“Authorities in Peru reported that 81% of COVID-19 cases sequenced since April 2021 were associated with Lambda. molecular microbiologist Pablo Tsukayama telling Al Jazeera that “by March, it was in 50 percent of the samples in Lima. By April, it was in 80 percent of the samples in Peru. That jump from one to 50 percent is an early indicator of a more transmissible variant.”
Argentina reported increasing prevalence of Lambda since the third week of February 2021, and between 2 April and 19 May 2021, the variant accounted for 37% of the COVID-19 cases sequenced,” the report added. two mutations to the spike protein, the T76I and L452Q mutations, which creates the nubs that stick out of the side of the coronavirus sphere like thorns. These spikes help the virus enter the body’s cells; notably, mRNA vaccines like those manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna mimic those proteins in training the body to defeat the virus, which makes a mutation in the spike protein particularly worrisome.

The authors claim that the mutations to the spike protein have made it more infectious, adding that another mutation called RSYLTPGD246-253N helps the virus avoid destruction at the hands of antibodies (which the immune system uses to neutralize pathogens). They also write that this mutation “is responsible for the virological phenotype of the Lambda variant that can associate with the massive infection spread mainly in South American countries.” Two other spike protein mutations, 260 L452Q and F490S, also help the virus become more resistant to antibodies that are induced through vaccination.


47 posted on 08/05/2021 6:58:09 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: dynachrome

How’d these pesky variants become resistant to the vaccines? Hmm….
Because of the “evil” unvaccinated? That’s what zombies tell us.


48 posted on 08/05/2021 10:53:00 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: IndispensableDestiny

“Lambda will enter the US over the southern border. Then DHS will bus it all around the country.”

Will? You say that like it’s not already happening.


49 posted on 08/05/2021 11:03:37 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The veil of civilization is only 9 meals thick. )
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To: JennysCool

That is not Latin, so it is not official. Obviously, you have no scientific background. Perhaps a lapsed Catholic?

Do like the play on words, tho.


50 posted on 08/06/2021 7:58:09 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: dynachrome

Next up Kappa, then Sigma. Hey its a fraternity. 😆


51 posted on 08/06/2021 9:03:26 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“Rho, rho, rho your boat”


52 posted on 08/06/2021 10:06:32 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: dynachrome

btt


53 posted on 08/07/2021 2:35:57 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: ifinnegan

Oh, but it has to be more resistant so that they can tell you to take their booster.


54 posted on 08/09/2021 3:35:22 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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