2022 Cherry Blossom Peak in Washington DC, 1ST ESTIMATE: Mid-Late March
We made a first estimate of 2022 Washington DC Cherry Blossom Peak Estimate days: March 15-18, 2022 2022华府樱花最佳花期为三月十五至十八日
Med Music Wang
Crocus Bloom Now, 2022 Spring is here in Washington metro area 紫白金花开春到大华府
Crocus is a great new song by tenor Jinhai Wang
Alpha, Delta, and Omicron: ending of three COVID waves in US 新冠在美国三波将终？
Dr. Jinhai Wang MD20850, USA
COVID VARIANTS IN USA:
1. Alpha was ended — masks, mRNA vaccines, social distance, staying home 2021 Spring
2. Delta was ended – masks, mRNA vaccines, social distance, staying home, Omicron crossover “protection”? 2021 Fall/Winter
3. Omicron was ending? — self-limitation as low toxicity “live vaccine活疫苗”?, Pfizer Omicron vaccine(March?) ?, mask, mRNA vaccines, Summer heat?, social distance, staying home (work at home, retired, et al) 2022 Around Summer?
CDC Studies: 3rd Shot of mRNA COVID Vaccine Needed Against Omicron
By Dr. Jinhai Wang
CDC Mark Thompson et al showed three shots of mRNA vaccine the best to against Omicron in infection control (82%), and hospitalization(90% effectiveness). 2 shots and 3 shots of mRNA vaccine protected people from Delta well in infection control and hospitalization, though 3 shots were better (infection 94%, hospitalization 94% effectiveness).
Omicron: Protect Yourself, but do have a nearly good living
By Dr. Jinhai Wang
Omicron was soaring, with new cases over a million a day. Hospitalization was up in last two weeks and total to 135,000 (NBC).
Hospitalization rate住院率 for Omicron噢密克戎 is roughly 1% OF NEW INFECTIONS新感染病人, the lowest among COVID variants.
ABC estimated that OMICRON IS ABOUT 10% TOXIC AS that of DELTA variant.
Wear masks while shopping, keep social distance (unmasked friends are your biggest enemies), get your shots and booster. If you do not want vaccine, Omicron may be your “live vaccine”.
Can Omicron be a “Live Vaccine”?
By Dr. Jinhai Wang
Omicron has been reported 6 days ago to be passed the peak in South Africa (Washington Post), with few deaths and hospitalizations. In US Omicron is dominative with reported high rate of 95% of COVID-19 newly infections (CDC), BUT it said the ICUs are not too crowded (Bloomberg; Our World In Data; The New York Times).
There are two questions facing US: 1, HOW GOOD is the protections by vaccines in against Omicron (Pfizer said 3 shots had good protection in vitro. We need clinical data)? 2. Will Omicron infection protect one from be infected by other variants and function as a “Live Vaccine”? Of note, we know Omicron not very long, longer term impacts are not clear yet.
Those questions are important to other nations as well, such as China, where how to control infections become more and more challenging.
2022 First Snow
2022 first snow 第一场雪 in US East Coast美国东岸. It started at midnight, and stopped at noon雪半夜开始下， 中午停. In Maryland the snow fall is about 5″马州降雪5英寸. White snow covers land, trees, road白雪覆盖大地， 树木. It is a beautiful picture景很美. Many birds are flying to find food许多鸟在雪地寻食. It is a great New Year day to enjoy music, move, fire, and fun of snow 是个音乐，电视，玩雪的大好日子。
New albums Jinhai Wang, Med Music Wang have songs (Yi Jian Mei一剪梅; Spring is here春天来了) about snow.
