Omicron extremely mild no hospitalizations
https://qz.com/2095354/what-are-the-symptoms-of-the-omicron-variant/amp/The South African doctor who first identified the omicron variant that is spreading in the country and abroad has described the symptoms as she observed them in her patients, stating that the strain is so far producing “very, very mild” effects in them.
Dr Angelique Coetzee told BBC News that she had first noticed the symptoms in a young, male patient around the age of 30 whom she normally knew to be very healthy. He was “extremely tired” as well as having “body aches and pains with a bit of a headache,” a “scratchy” rather than sore throat, and no cough or loss of taste or smell, she said. The doctor was speaking about her experience of a small group of patients, and not making general comments about how all patients will experience it.
What are the symptoms of the omicron variant?
Coetzee tested the man for covid-19 and found him to be positive, then tested his family and found them all to have the virus, despite showing only “very, very mild symptoms,” she said.
For the rest of the day, people kept presenting at her surgery with similar symptoms, and all tested positive. Noticing that the symptoms seemed to differ from the delta variant, which had hitherto been the most prevalent form of covid globally, she alerted the country’s vaccines committee, of which she is a member. They announced their resultant discovery of the omicron variant a few days later.
Perhaps reassuringly for those who are worrying about this new development, Coetzee noted that none of the cases she knew of were serious. “What we are seeing clinically in South Africa, and remember that I’m at the epicenter, that’s where I’m practicing, is extremely mild…We haven’t admitted anyone [to hospital]. I spoke to other colleagues of mine: The same picture,” she told the BBC.
However, she did caution that the picture might change in the next weeks.
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Even if it is clownish self-flattery.
Since we're giving each other compliments, that was a nice skirting of the personal attack rules upthread. Appreciate your skilled language use, friendo!
those who die from "the flu" are actually killed by the flu viruses themselves, but rather from other causes it opens the door to, the pneumonia virus #1. Deaths attributable to flu virus alone are so low and misleading about the actual danger that experts calculate an algorhythm or multiplier from various factors to estimate how many are really expected to die from the next flu epidemic. The things you learn these days.
back on being joyful about it. We need to wait and see if these very mild symptoms bear out as the variant spreads.
But if they do, it's a game changer. 
Clout chasing Debbie Downer showed up to sprinkle their doom dust all up and down the thread.
But they really do hope the pandemic ends some day. Really. 
