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.)
Robyn@Antigrav
We are testing at far fewer sites now than we used to, so I seriously doubt there's any way of knowing where the highest concentration centers in any of our cities are. It's down to 11 sites nationwide.
@mike_honey_
We are testing at far fewer sites now than we used to, so I seriously doubt there's any way of knowing where the highest concentration centers in any of our cities are. It's down to 11 sites nationwide.
@mike_honey_
zl2todJuliet Gerrard was the best Chief Science Advisor we've had.
Does anyone even know who is wearing that lable now?
@zl2tod
Dr John Roche, an agricultural scientist. He looks very much like a Nat appointment with a [edit: previous research] focus on agricultural productivity
Though he did do the science advice on eliminating M bovis when he was with MPI. Maybe our productivity is seen as less important than cows' by his advisee and his infectious disease advice is tailored accordingly to the audience