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2021-08-13 Science & Technology

Deadly Lambda Variant Could Be Neutralizing Vaccines, New Study Says

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Posted by Ulaving Uloter6802 2021-08-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 neuticals woke rocky mountain oysters

Posted by Sluse Grealet9429 2021-08-13 00:11|| 2021-08-13 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I was totally unaware Chile, Peru, Argentina and Ecuador had wet markets.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-13 02:28|| 2021-08-13 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 "Notably, the vaccination rate in Chile is relatively high; the percentage of the people who received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine was [about] 60%," the authors write.

More than 93% of the doses administered in Chile so far have been CoronaVac, produced by the Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-13 02:53|| 2021-08-13 02:53|| Front Page Top

#4 How many letters in the Greek alphabet? Somebody wake me when we get near the end.

And it’s proven just as virulent as Delta thanks to a similar mutation making them even more contagious.

"More contagious". You will be hearing that a lot. It is the Message of the Day. Watch for it!

Over time, viruses tend to become more contagious but less lethal. It's not a law of nature, but it is a general principle. Someone has suggested that today's seasonal colds are the remnants of the Russian Flu pandemic of 1889.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-13 02:56|| 2021-08-13 02:56|| Front Page Top

#5 (a) Someone has suggested that today's seasonal colds are the remnants of the Russian Flu pandemic of 1889

Which cannot be true because colds and flu caused by different families of viruses

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-13 03:05|| 2021-08-13 03:05|| Front Page Top

#6 (b) Over time, viruses tend to become more contagious but less lethal.

Unless the "new variants" are man made.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-13 03:06|| 2021-08-13 03:06|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ Yes, I believe it is now referred to "gain of function." You may have heard the term used recently. The effort appears to have been endorsed and possibly fully funded by the US Government. A fact not frequently discussed in polite circles however.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-13 03:09|| 2021-08-13 03:09|| Front Page Top

#8 You may have heard the term used recently.
But I just can't remember where.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-13 03:11|| 2021-08-13 03:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Which cannot be true because colds and flu caused by different families of viruses

I have seen references to the Russian 'Flu' being a corona virus, not an actual influenza. 1889 and all that, plus the symptoms are kinda sorta similar. Need to look into this further.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-13 03:19|| 2021-08-13 03:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Unless the "new variants" are man made.

A valid point. And food for some interesting speculation.

I would expect sequencing to show a difference between a virus that has evolved from a previous version vs one that was assembled. But I would not trust anyone who knew to tell the truth about it.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-13 03:27|| 2021-08-13 03:27|| Front Page Top

#11 #9 Apologies.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-13 03:49|| 2021-08-13 03:49|| Front Page Top

#12 COVID: 90% of patients treated with new Israeli drug discharged in 5 days

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-13 07:45|| 2021-08-13 07:45|| Front Page Top

#13

Remember OPEN BORDERS next time you vote....
If you are allowed.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-13 07:56|| 2021-08-13 07:56|| Front Page Top

#14

Remember OPEN BORDERS next time you vote....
If you are allowed.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-13 08:01|| 2021-08-13 08:01|| Front Page Top

#15 These new variants are not novel and so not patentable. OH, they will try as they have done already and have some success. look for new flareups to maintain fear and boosters. Similar to hurricane season. Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Delta, Lambda and a fourth (starts with an M as I recall). Many others named and I had no idea so many. Very contagious but less deadly(the goal of any virus).

Posted by Dale 2021-08-13 08:02|| 2021-08-13 08:02|| Front Page Top

#16 Could M be Moderna, HA.

Posted by Dale 2021-08-13 08:05|| 2021-08-13 08:05|| Front Page Top

#17 ASYMMETRIC AND TERRORIST ATTACKS
WITH BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, 12 Feb 2001

Excerpt page #6:

Country X, a terrorist or proxy group attacks the US with a biological agent in very small amounts in many areas in the US. The US is forced to mount a massive nation-wide preemptive effort at vast expense, even though it is only under limited attack. The attack is tailored to counter the highly detailed open literature on US federal, state, and local detection and response capabilities.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-13 08:12|| 2021-08-13 08:12|| Front Page Top

#18 #17, It is my understanding that since the Vietnam war(conflict)Asians were even then fascinated in Bio War virus and such. I suspect many other countries as well.

Posted by Dale 2021-08-13 08:39|| 2021-08-13 08:39|| Front Page Top

#19 Re #4:

The letter is omega - interesting "co-incidence"

Posted by Mercutio 2021-08-13 09:45|| 2021-08-13 09:45|| Front Page Top

#20
4 Reference

Posted by Jusomp Hupomort2784 2021-08-13 10:09|| 2021-08-13 10:09|| Front Page Top

#21 #4 - Gamma is not the next Greek letter after Delta.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma,DELTA, Epsilon. Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, LAMBDA, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega.

(Fraternity, many years ago.)

Posted by Bobby 2021-08-13 10:30|| 2021-08-13 10:30|| Front Page Top

#22 Or you looked at the chart that is #20

Posted by Blinky Hapsburg6114 2021-08-13 10:39|| 2021-08-13 10:39|| Front Page Top

#23 After Lambda comes Mu, Nu and Xi (no surprise there...).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-08-13 11:35|| 2021-08-13 11:35|| Front Page Top

#24 Doesn't

XI

mean

dog sh-t in Chinese ?

Posted by Guillibaldo Phusoting9180 2021-08-13 11:39|| 2021-08-13 11:39|| Front Page Top

#25 The current regime has opened our border--probably won't be long before the lambda variant shows up with the illegal aliens.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-13 15:35|| 2021-08-13 15:35|| Front Page Top

#26 The current regime has
deliberately
opened our border

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-13 17:13|| 2021-08-13 17:13|| Front Page Top

#27 They trusted a CHINESE vaccine for their whole country? How incredibly mistaken they were. No wonder it doesn’t work!

Posted by Greater the Anonymous5721 2021-08-13 17:59|| 2021-08-13 17:59|| Front Page Top

#28 Wait, we went from Delta to Lambda with nothing in between. That's weird, if you are naming them as new variants show up. But if you were going to the cabinet and pulling down a jar of pre-made 'samples' at random, it kinda sorta makes sense.

An alternative guess is they are naming them as they find them and the missing letters were just uninteresting mutations, unlike Lambda which is OMG! MORE CONTAGIOUS!! OH NOES!!!

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-13 22:12|| 2021-08-13 22:12|| Front Page Top

#29 As for Xi, I believe the Chinese character we transliterate as Xi means "Winnie the Pooh".

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-13 22:16|| 2021-08-13 22:16|| Front Page Top

#30 Run for the hills (r).
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2021-08-13 22:36|| 2021-08-13 22:36|| Front Page Top

#31

winning the poo

Posted by Slang Schwarzeneggar5778 2021-08-13 23:26|| 2021-08-13 23:26|| Front Page Top

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