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In reply to the discussion: Brace Yourself.... Scientists suspect Lambda SARS-CoV-2 variant most dangerous [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,490 posts)42. And every single person has a phone? And how exactly are they
doing that contact tracing, given how pitiful their testing is. 160 million tests in a nation of 1.4 billion? That's well behind almost all of the rest of the world. So if they're doing so little testing, how exactly are they keeping track of who has tested positive and who has tested negative?
I also recall reports early in the pandemic that funeral homes and the like were reporting being completely overwhelmed with the dead. Which hardly matches the incredibly small number of people who have supposedly died from Covid.
Call me cynical, but given how they lied in the first place about Covid, I don't believe their case and death numbers are accurate. Not even remotely.
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Brace Yourself.... Scientists suspect Lambda SARS-CoV-2 variant most dangerous [View all]
Rustyeye77
Aug 2021
OP
Only if you let your guard down. Stay masked, avoid crowds, get vaccinated, ignore all republicans
PSPS
Aug 2021
#11
Take a breath. 93% of Chile's vaccines used were Chinese inactivated Sinovac vaccine, (not mRNA)
hlthe2b
Aug 2021
#3
Of course. But the conclusion that Lambda is NOW able to evade vaccine (all vaccine) and naturally-
hlthe2b
Aug 2021
#9
Friends and relatives in Thailand say that the Chinese vaccine has been a complete failure
grantcart
Aug 2021
#20
Their military enforced quarantine created vast areas with no cases and no need for testing
grantcart
Aug 2021
#50
I agree on this variant, but as many experts suspect, it could keep mutating to
elevator
Aug 2021
#14
That Brazilian (Manaus) variant has wreaked havoc in the neighboring countries, as well as Brazil
peppertree
Aug 2021
#24
Precautions (indoor masks, social distancing, avoid crowds) is still warranted if you feel at risk.
Pobeka
Aug 2021
#32
Moderna was using the mRNA vaccine technology on a MERS vaccine when SARS-CoV-2 hit.
roamer65
Aug 2021
#29
exactly! Oxford has been working with SARS COV2 viruses and mRNA vaccines for the past decade
PortTack
Aug 2021
#33
The article claims that the Lambda variant escapes immune responses from vaccines,
totodeinhere
Aug 2021
#34
Coronavirus Alpha: "If you think I'm evil, well, just wait 'til you meet my variants."
0rganism
Aug 2021
#55