← Feed

Posts

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to early October. XFG.* "Stratus" variants remained dominant, growing to 52% frequency. The JN.1.* + DeFLuQE lineages (almost all PJ.2.1) were roughly flat at 13%. 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to early October. XFG.* "Stratus" remained dominant, finishing at 52%. The JN.1.* + DeFLuQE lineages (almost all PJ.2.1) grew as high as 20%, before falling back to finish at 14%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA 🧵

• View post

  Here’s the latest picture of the Influenza wave in Australia. The delayed 2026 wave appears to have peaked, and case rates are in sharp decline. 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to the end of August. XFG.* "Stratus" variants remained dominant, finishing at 46% frequency. On this thread I’ll give an update on the progress of the new saltation variant PJ.2.1. 🧵

• View post

  Here’s the latest picture of the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, up to July 23 (SitRep 70). Confirmed cases jumped recently, mostly from Ituri province. The total by Health Zone is 2,972, with 1 case unassigned. Confirmed deaths were also revised sharply upwards, now at 1,309. 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to early June. NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" remained dominant, growing to 70%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to mid-June. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" grew sharply to dominance at 67%. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell sharply to 22%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to early June. XFG.* "Stratus" remained dominant but fell sharply to 39%. XFJ.* (led by RW.1.1.*) finished at 18%. JN.1.* + FLiRT (led by RF.5.*, mostly from International Travellers) finished at 18%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA 🧵

• View post

  Here’s the June 2026 update I just sent to my GitHub Sponsors. New this month was the project tracking Ebola in the DRC. I continued to share results from these projects, here and on other social media platforms https://mike-honey.github.io/sponsors/GitHub%20Sponsors%20Newsletter%202026-07-01.pdf 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to early April. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant at 67%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" fell to 13%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA 🧵

• View post

  RE: https://aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy/116577283227970060 Diphtheria cases have continued to soar in Australia since the figures were taken for this article, now well over 200 reported via NNDSS for 2026. Note this outbreak started in late 2025, and AFAIK it is not "seasonal", so annual tallies are a somewhat bureaucratic viewpoint. No sign of a peak in the NT and WA, where very steep growth is continuing.

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late April. Data sharing has stalled from several countries, so it's hard to draw a global picture. 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late April. NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" remained dominant, finishing at 53%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" was roughly flat at 21%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early May. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has been dominant for most of April, finishing at 58%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" finished at 29%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ 🧵

• View post

  Globally, BA.3.2.* showed a growth advantage of 1.9% per day (13% per week) over XFG.*. At that pace, a crossover looks a month away or more. 🧵

• View post

  For the US, BA.3.2.* showed a strong growth advantage of 5.5% per day (39% per week) over XFG.*, which predicts a crossover in late April. 🧵

• View post

  Wow it’s still down 14 hours later. Even their status site is down : status.bsky.app is currently unreachable

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late March. Several variants are churning around in a confused picture, without any one being clearly dominant. NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" rebounded to 40%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" rebounded to 33%. JN.1.* + DeFLuQE’s fell to 21%. XFG.* "Stratus" fell steeply to 10%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to late March. XFG.* "Stratus" remained dominant, rebounding to 55% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell to 35%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Canada #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

• View post

  Report link: https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Global.pdf 🧵 ends

• View post

  The RC.7.1.1 lineage has been most successful in NZ, the presumed origin. 🧵

• View post

  The highest frequencies of NB.1.8.1 have been reported from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It is also growing steadily in Ontario. 🧵

• View post

  With BlueSky down for 18+ hours (and the issues with its ownership coming into clearer view) and Xitter a toxic hellsite, today is the day to show your appreciation (and if you can, your monetary support) for your Mastodon admins and moderators. Here’s mine: https://aus.social/@aussocialadmin IMO, Mastodon is the only architecture that makes sense for building and maintaining your social media connections in the long-term: decentralised, distributed, moderated by humans, open access and open-...

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to late March. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" rebounded sharply from mid-March, finishing at 66%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" grew to 14%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to mid-March. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, but fell to 67%. NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" grew to 19%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to mid-March. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" has continued growing to dominance at 44% NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" fell to 28%. XFG.* "Stratus" fell sharply to 19%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early March. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" is in a tight battle with XFG.* "Stratus", with both finishing at 36%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" fell to 6%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #XFG #Stratus 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to late February. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, steady at 72%. NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" grew to 17%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

• View post

  Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to late February. XFG.* "Stratus" remained dominant, rebounding to 49%. NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" was roughly flat at 27%. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" was roughly flat at 18%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR 🧵

• View post

  Report link: https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20EUR-UK.pdf 🧵 ends