The Delta variant of COVID=-19 is now in over 80 countries and there is a rise in the Lambda variant that has spread to 29 countries. It’s time for the MSM to get ahead of the RWNJ media framing as well as the recent shift in GOP anti-Vax propaganda to pro-vaccine messaging. The troubling reports have younger adults and children more at risk and that the impact is much greater, worse than the Delta variant.
First samples of the Lambda variant were detected in Peru in December 2020 and by April 2021, over eighty percent of new cases of COVID-19 in Peru were from the new variant.[1][8]
By June 2021, the Lambda variant had begun to spread through South America and was detected in twenty-nine countries in total, especially in Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.[8][9] The WHO designated the Lambda variant as a "variant of interest" on 14 June 2021.[1] In mid-June 2021, 90.6% of new COVID-19 cases in Arequipa and 78.1% of new cases in Cusco were the Lambda variant according to the Peruvian Ministry of Health.[10]
On 6 July, Australia reported its first case of the Lambda variant in an overseas traveller who had been in a New South Wales quarantine hotel in April.[11]
On 19 July, Texas reported their first case of the Lambda variant.[12]
Cases by country (Updated as of 15 July 2021) GISAID[13] |
Country |
Confirmed cases |
Last reported case |
Chile |
1022 |
29 June 2021 |
USA |
705 |
2 July 2021 |
Peru |
571 |
30 May 2021 |
Mexico |
139 |
30 June 2021 |
Germany |
101 |
5 July 2021 |
Argentina |
92 |
24 June 2021 |
Spain |
76 |
29 June 2021 |
Ecuador |
68 |
23 June 2021 |
Israel |
25 |
09 May 2021 |
France |
21 |
29 June 2021 |
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This designation means it has genetic changes that can affect how transmissible it is and the severity of the illness it causes, among other factors.
The Lambda variant, also known as C.37, was first documented last December in Peru, according to the WHO.
Just under 700 cases have been identified in the U.S., according to the website CoV-lineages.org.
However, experts have told Newsweek that little is known about Lambda, including how resistant it is to vaccines and exactly how much risk it poses.
Dr Julian Tang, professor of respiratory sciences at the University of Leicester in the U.K., thinks that Delta is a more serious variant than Lambda, based on current data.