sport of sacred spherical cows<p>Raj's dashboard, updated yesterday, shows Stratus XFG in close competition with two if its children, as XFG.3 has spawned a child of its own.</p><p>GISAID data for the most recent fortnight is dominated by submissions from New York (149 sequences), followed by California (97), Colorado (66), and Illinois (41).<br> <br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>'s most recent Friday dataset, updated June 24, showed Nimbus NB.1.8.1 / PQ taking plurality, with Stratus XFG family also gaining share. </p><p>Weaker showing for Nimbus in GISAID data reflects the fact that much available data is from New York. Were it not for California data, Nimbus would be barely evident.</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataviz</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/datavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datavis</span></a></p>