sport of sacred spherical cows<p>Second time <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> has reported estimates for more than two regions at a time since October.</p><p>To be clear, national data used for chart above are modeled on regional data collection.</p><p>LP.8.1 now estimated at majority in Great Lakes, nearing majority in NY/NJ and Mid-Atlantic.</p><p>XEC (incl. XEC.4) still around a quarter share in all three regions.</p><p>[For color key, see: <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-track</span><span class="invisible">er/#variant-proportions</span></a>]</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/BetterMasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetterMasks</span></a></p>