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So, today the cdc is making a big update to how much of the coronavirus in this country is actually the new omicron variant. last week the cdc estimated that omicron made up more than 73% of the previous weeks covid cases. this week, though, theyre actually saying that they overestimated, and they overestimated by a lot. they revised last weeks reported number down from 73% to about 23%. now, as for their update this week, they say omicron now accounts for about 59% of circulating covid cases in...

Here that those are pretty significant changes. but heres the bottom line in all this. it is that omicron is now the dominant strain of this virus in this country. those changes also tell us that tracking a virus that is rapidly spreading and mutating is actually really hard work. its even harder work to do in realtime. the cdc can only provide estimates based on the data they have available. and when they have new data, they react accordingly. that is what the cdc has been trying to do as we al...