Ummmm… #P1 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇧🇷" title="Flagge von Brasilien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Brasilien"> variant’s case fraction % in New York City just rose over 30% in just one week. Any others growing? Not really— #B117 (while more common) only rose tiny bit, and the NY variant #B1526 is mostly flat.

I’ve seen this movie before—in BChttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flagge von Kanada" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kanada">—it didn’t end well. #COVID19 https://twitter.com/nychealthcommr/status/1387754809948782597">https://twitter.com/nychealth...

2) that said, NYC is more heavily vaccinated than BC https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flagge von Kanada" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kanada">. Let’s hope it’s enough to hold back any #P1 surge. I’m just trying to spot signals. And a 30% relative jump is notable in just a week.

3) BC’s #P1 started slow, but then it became a huge problematic of an outbreak. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1382181545709027331">https://twitter.com/drericdin...

4) #P1 also grew quickly in the Netherlands too. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1382242716667502594">https://twitter.com/DrEricDin...

5) Dutch health authorities also gave a warning about #P1 rising risks. https://twitter.com/YorickB/status/1382244844031111168">https://twitter.com/YorickB/s...

6) BC’s health chief initially took an ostrich approach to it all, thinking variants are no different. Then #P1 variant raged like a storm and she had to quickly backtrack and admit #P1 is more problematic. https://twitter.com/frozen/status/1387934065618079745">https://twitter.com/frozen/st...