Pathogen Update: 12-22-2024 AV edition

New forecast, best damn LC interview with Dr. Joffe

Dec 23, 2024

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MAPS

The new MAPS forecast is not as rosy as the last. There are a couple of things worth mentioning. I had to use an older version of the model that employs nationwide initialization instead of state-by-state. Based on past comparisons, this tends to inflate the numbers by 20-25%. In addition, the new variants included, LP.8.1 and XEK, do not have much …

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