# Lambda variant in the news **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [July 6, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambda-variant-in-the-news/945784 "2021-07-06T04:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambda-variant-in-the-news/945784/7 "2021-07-06T14:46:55Z")
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. > **[Study says mRNA COVID vaccines are effective against Lambda variant](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210705/Study-says-mRNA-COVID-vaccines-are-effective-against-Lambda-variant.aspx)** > > Researchers in the United States have conducted a study suggesting that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines that are currently being rolled out in many countries should be effective against the C.37 lineage (lambda variant) of severe... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lambda-variant-in-the-news/945784)._