The CDC Nowcast is now breaking out BA.1.1 from B.1.1.529 (BA.1). BA.1.1 is a sub-lineage of BA.1 (the original strain). BA.2 is not a sub-lineage of BA.1, but a sister strain. BA.1.1 became the dominant

Attached is the global daily cases, with the first year of the pandemic corrected for ascertainment bias. The ascertainment bias starts at 10x and linearly approaches 1x by Jan 1, 2021. All of 2021 uses