疫情卷土重來：喜憂參半

先說說壞消息：

Covid-19就像是打不死的小強，野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。這不，中國疫情正如火如荼，大洋彼岸的美國也在劫難逃了。。。

US COVID-19 cases to jump 64% in 2 weeks, Mayo projects

Daily COVID-19 cases are projected to increase 64.5 percent over the next two weeks as the omicron subvariant BA.2 continues to spread nationwide, modeling from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic shows.

Forecasting suggests the nation's daily average cases will jump from 22,748.7 on April 3 to 37,419 by April 17. The nation's case rate is also expected to increase from 8.8 cases per 100,000 population to 11.4 per 100,000 over the same time period.

The projections coincide with BA.2's gaining prevalence in the U.S. The subvariant accounted for about 55 percent of new COVID-19 cases nationwide in the week ending March 26, according to the latest variant proportion estimates from the CDC.

Two more forecasts to know:

Hospitalizations: Daily COVID-19 hospital admissions are projected to fall nationwide over the next four weeks, with 300 to 3,500 new admissions likely reported on April 22, according to the CDC's ensemble forecast from 15 modeling groups. For context, the seven-day average of new COVID-19 hospitalizations for March 23-29 was 1,564, a 15.8 percent decrease from the previous week's average.

Deaths: U.S. COVID-19 deaths will also decline over the next month, according to the CDC's ensemble forecast from 24 modeling groups. The forecast projects 1,300 to 3,600 deaths likely reported in the week ending April 23, which would bring the nation's total COVID-19 death tally to a range of 986,000 to 994,000 deaths.

The CDC said its ensemble forecasts are among the most reliable for COVID-19 modeling, but they cannot predict rapid changes in cases, hospitalizations or deaths. Therefore, they should not be relied on "for making decisions about the possibility or timing of rapid changes in trends," the agency said.

Note: Mayo Clinic uses a Bayesian statistical model to forecast cases that automatically updates as new data becomes available. There is an uncertainty interval for forecast values, with lower and upper bounds that are not included in this list. To learn more about the data Mayo Clinic uses to forecast hot spots, click here. Becker's pulled the forecast values April 4 at 8:30 a.m. CST.

不過，令人幸慶的是：新一輪的疫情反撲，住院率與死亡率都呈現下降趨勢。也就是說，隻要打過疫苗，注意預防，即使被感染，也會是輕症。換句話說，就相當於得了一場感冒，而已。

再說說好消息：

美國最新COVID防治策略，—步到位服務--One stop service

美國剛剛推出的COVID.gov 網站還有一個非常便民的服務。通過這個網站，民眾可以搜索附近的一條龍服務藥房，去那裏做快速檢測。如是陽性，且你具有高危因素, 藥房當即就開處方給你配藥，你可以拿上五天療程的輝瑞Plaxlovid帶回家自行服用，無需去醫院或診所看病，更不需隔離。全部費用由聯邦政府買單，患者不需花費1分錢。目前加入了這個一條龍服務的有CVS, Walgreens, 和Walmart.

感謝人民政府，感謝偉大光榮正確的民主黨，感謝資本主義製度優越性 

所以，麵對新一輪的疫情，隻要打了疫苗，即使陽了還有政府買單，真沒啥可怕。

馬照騎，

舞照跳，

牛照吹，

春照叫。