#stratus

[cleverreports]

We report: we are expecting a clear sky throughout the day, but at sea, early morning, the horizon is nowhere to be found. Through the fog, the light is dull as to make the ocean look solid. We lean over to look more closely, but the surface of the water is utterly impenetrable.

[cibguts]

Get beach ready! Stratus is!

[nitroish]

when your soul is bleeding out right in front of you. when he decides in the midst of bleeding out that he is going to comfort You. when he sees you are crying and he really, really does not like that.

[dk-thrive]

Blue @ Daybreak. 7:30 to 7:36 am. 37° F. January 10, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25)

[allyooops]

I got into a spiral of drawing as many next gen horses as I could remember. Some have been shown, some not so much!

@whirlwindflux

@asknightspinner

@askashapeshifter

@aerialaim

@ask-healthy-light

@flashtheponyofwind

[ruddymilvus]

Which do you prefer?

[grianfinity]

Stratus [link] - A flag for when one uses stratus in place of partner, boyfriend or girlfriend. It does not have to be exclusively

Tagging: @mates-friends-and-loves @radiomogai @coiningclub

[saywhat-politics]

New COVID variant 'Stratus' is spreading in the U.S. and worldwide: What are the symptoms?

COVID-19 variant XFG accounted for 0% of U.S. cases in May. By late-June, it became the third-most common strain.

A new COVID variant is climbing the ranks in the U.S., becoming the third-most common strain of the summer.

Variant XFG, colloquially known as "Stratus," was first detected in Southeast Asia in January but accounted for less than about 0% of cases in the United States until May. By late June, it was estimated to account for up to 14%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The World Health Organization (WHO) added XFG to its watchlist but evaluated the additional public health risk posed by the variant as "low" at the global level in a late June report, in which it also advised that currently approved COVID-19 vaccines are "expected to remain effective to this variant against symptomatic and severe disease."

Here's what we know about XFG.

What is COVID variant XFG?

XFG is a combination of COVID-19 variants F.7 and LP.8.1.2, the latter of which is currently the second most prominent strain in the U.S.

The variant's mutations may enhance XFG's ability to evade immune responses, but its binding behavior shows that it is less likely to be highly contagious than other dominant variants, Subhash Verma, microbiology and immunology professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, told USA TODAY.

"There is currently no clear evidence that XFG causes more severe disease or significantly different symptoms than earlier Omicron variants," said Verma. "Importantly, there are no immediate public health concerns associated with this variant."