South African medical association says Omicron variant causes ‘mild disease.’

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/south-african-medical-association-omicron-variant-causes-mild-disease-latest-omicron-variant-news-updates-coronavirus-pandemic-new-cases-747054

by vaadu • 5 years ago

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vaadu• 5 years ago

“It presents mild disease with symptoms being sore muscles and tiredness for a day or two not feeling well. So far, we have detected that those infected do not suffer loss of taste or smell. They might have a slight cough. There are no prominent symptoms. Of those infected some are currently being treated at home.”

Plus: “The official noted that hospitals have not been overburdened by Omicron patients and that the new strain is not been detected in vaccinated persons.”

1cvmask• 5 years ago

So then why all the hysteria and banning of flights.

okwubodu• 5 years ago

So a new strain isn’t allowed to spread before we know everything about it.

koheripbal• 5 years ago

the new strain is not been detected in vaccinated persons

...this part cannot be correct since a double digit number of people on that one flight that was posted about tested positive and were vaccinated.

2skep• 5 years ago

People on the flight were vaccinate OR tested negative. Not both. Don't yet know if the cases were in the tested negative group or in the vaccinated group.

Jensson• 5 years ago

So it is like a natural vaccine that spreads itself to everyone for free?

inamberclad• 5 years ago

No, not really. Milder symptoms is better, but it could still be worse than getting vaccinated and have long-term effects.

ceejayoz• 5 years ago

The WHO says this may be because of where the early infections were noticed, and that we'll need some more time to know for sure.

https://www.yahoo.com/now/u-k-buying-time-mideast-111736790....

The initial reported infections were among university students, WHO said, adding that younger patients tend to have milder symptoms.
“Understanding the level of severity of the omicron variant will take days to several weeks,” WHO said in a statement, adding that “there is currently no information to suggest that symptoms associated with omicron are different from those from other variants.”

Keep your fingers crossed that it holds. A rapidly spreading milder variant would be a bit of a godsend.

moistly• 5 years ago

It is far too early to tell whether this variant is better or worse.

TMWNN• 5 years ago

Isn't this how epidemics normally end? A mild but very infectious variant becomes dominant, as part of the disease fading into the background à la the flu?

raxxorrax• 5 years ago

Bad thing would be if the vaccine protects against it but not against a deadlier variant which would then become dominant. Et voilà we created our own doom.

edit: Why is this flagged? Because the evidence of mildness is insufficient or are people angry that we might be able to roam freely again? I am starting to get doubts that it is the latter...

South African medical association says Omicron variant causes ‘mild disease.’

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