The first harvest of pumpkin The big surge of Omicron BA.5

The first harvest of pumpkin this year. It has grown big for my tiny garden farm. The diameter is about 8 inches. It will be after ripened indoor for a couple of weeks. For what dish will it be materialized? 

A muskmelon is getting ripened. The size is not so big as that sold in the store. Still looking forward to harvesting it for my first experience of growing this fruit. Hopefully, it won't be a victim of crows etc. It is covered with straw not to be found by them. 

The COVID Omicron BA.5 is badly outbreaking all over. The new patients number hit the worst in the world. It seems this variant evades the immunogenetic mechanism Eastern Asian has had for the former variants. Even though it won't generally be so serious as the other variants than Omicron, the serious cases or even fatal ones must be increasing in proportion to the size of surge of this variant. It could cause breakthrough infections much more and such breakthrough brings increased chances of long COVID as the CNN report quoted below says. 

I know a few doctors fighting against this outbreak. I have heard the bureaucracy kept the prescription/medication of antiviral medicines at outpatient quite troublesome. A lot of paper work and procedures which disturb them working for the patients. This is the 6th surge in this pandemic, possibly the worst among them. When will they learn and improve the system? 

The government will regard, as they say, this COVID19 as one of common colds,

when this surge is settled down. No restriction, no test, no intervention for the asymptomatic patients or for those closely contacted with the patients. All the medical facilities should care for COVID19 cases. The government won't pay for self pay portion of medical expenses and the vaccine will be self-paid by the vaccinees. The aim should be to reduce the expense of the government for COVID19 medical treatment/vaccine and to run the economy in the society as if no pandemic were there. I am afraid it would become more of community infection and the society would suffer even more. The authority scarcely mentions of the risk of long COVID. In the US, CNN reported about it here.

Staying home, I am still sweating at the farm pulling the weeds and caring for the vegetables. No more enjoyment necessary for me.