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New coronavirus mutations known as the lambda and epsilon variants, which are believed to have enhanced vaccination resistance, have been detected in the United States.
But there is a risk that lambda may end up being a more resilient variant. whit? >> janai, thank you. for more on all this, let's bring in dr. aileen marty, distinguished university professor of infectious diseases from florida international university. dr. marty, thank you so much for joining us. we just heard in janai's report there, your state of florida is seeing a real surge in covid cases. 134,000 just this past week. hospitalizations are the highest in the country. we're getting reports of icus again running out of space. you treat covid patients yourself. how would you describe the sit...
Trends are. you've mentioned lambda. something that was detected in peru. this is something we need to keep an eye on. it's a variant of interest meaning it has potential impact to you know, more transmissibility, severity of illness. so certainly these are number of variants of interest that we're going to continue to keep our eye on. it's going to continue to happen as more spread continues across the world. >> it's the wild part about all of this is get vaccinated. not just because it keeps everybody safe around you, but also because it snuffs this out before more variants develop. your exp...
Their constituents. it makes absolutely no sense. to michael's point, why have we politicized the pandemic? we are seeing school board meetings disrupted by people saying no masking my children. we are seeing a uptick around the world. we are battling multiple variants, delta plus as well as lambda which is in south america and in peru where children are being hospitalized. it makes no sense to me. i wonder, is it going to take the deaths of thousands of children for us to recognize that these governors are acting on their own political bhim and not following science, not following doctors' or...
Tulpina Lambda a coronavirusului SARS-CoV-2, apărută anul trecut în Peru şi răspândită în prezent în 40 de ţări, este extrem de infecţioasă şi mai rezistentă la vaccinurile COVID-19 decât versiunea originală a coronavirusului, notează un studiu medical.