# Early, but growing evidence vaccines less effective against Delta

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [July 6, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-but-growing-evidence-vaccines-less-effective-against-delta/945775 "2021-07-06T00:21:59Z")\
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> [@Brayne\_Ded](#):
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> The really scary one is the lambda variant, first reported from Peru, as the vaccines are relatively little use against it.

Is this true as stated?

> [@Lambda variant in the news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambda-variant-in-the-news/945784/7):
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> You’d think that if the lambda variant was so transmissible, it would beat out the gamma variant from Brazil by now. It’s been around for nearly a year. The good news is that it is no better at evading immunity than the other variants.

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