Mike HoneyHere's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to the end of February.
NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was dominant, growing to 47%, while XFG.* "Stratus" also rebounded to 33%.
BA.3.2.* "Cicada" finished at 13%.
A fairly significant wave is underway - the wastewater concentrations reported at poops.nz have exceeded the level of the prior wave in mid-2025.
It’s now the 4th-highest wave since the start of 2023.
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Joe 
@mike_honey_ , I guess the 'everything's back to normal'
attitude isn't working out that well.
(Also how much would it take for media, RNZ for example, to broadcast highest concentration centers for all bigger cities so people could be alerted to take precautions?
I guess we'd need a government that cares.)
attitude isn't working out that well.
(Also how much would it take for media, RNZ for example, to broadcast highest concentration centers for all bigger cities so people could be alerted to take precautions?
I guess we'd need a government that cares.)
Conny with a Y @Antigrav @mike_honey_ To be fair to RNZ, they ran articles on the different aspects of the new wave every day last week.
I think, the much bigger problem is that the risks and long-term effects of the virus have been downplayed by govts around the world for so long now, that people don't understand the actual risk unless they're affected themselves or have people in their lives who have Long Covid. And even then I've seen high complacency. 🤷🏻♀️
For Simeon Brown, Covid is just another infectious disease that doesn't need extra attention. Unfortunately, I don't have much hope that Labour would be doing much better if elected.
@ConnyChiwa @mike_honey_ , that's the really sad part, that an insane National led coalition (how could a sane government still want to go ahead with an LNG import plant in present time) is going to be most likely replaced with a hapless Labour led government with little to no clear direction.