#prevalence

Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 is increasing in prevalence. Now with a national point estimate of 3.6% for the week ending February 5th. Still generally low levels. It appears to have a growth advantage over

Updated CDC ensemble forecast for new hospital admissions and new weekly deaths over the next month. Hospital admissions are expected to start declining. Deaths are expected to increase. BA.2 shouldn't

For the week ending January 15th, the national point estimate of Omicron is 99.5%. The 95% Prediction Interval is 99.3-99.7%. Every HHS region has a point estimate of 98+% now. The lowest regional 95%

Lol Oklahoma is having a normal one. It is pulling a Florida and accusing the CDC of lying about Omicron prevalence in the state all because Oklahoma can't bother to do any sequencing. 11k sequences aren't

Genomic surveillance update for the prior week. Still virtually all Delta according to the CDC modeling. Given what we are seeing internationally I expect we will have an Omicron case this week in the

Really cool to see an immunologist publicly change her mind to support delayed 2nd doses. Really clear logic. When time isn't crucial or vaccines are coming out so fast that waits are minimal, doing 2-dose

From aggressive testing of cooped-up populations in homeless shelters and prisons, we are beginning to learn the true prevalence of the virus. It remains to be seen how many of the inmates will develop

how o conduct a prevalence study