Mon Nov 29, 2021, 12:11 PM

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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Omicron extremely mild no hospitalizations (Original post)	live love laugh	Nov 2021	OP
Well that's certainly good news!	Hugh_Lebowski	Nov 2021	#1
Exactly what I was thinking	True Dough	Nov 2021	#5
Agreed...	FirstLight	Nov 2021	#30
One has to be very cautious about both the positive and negative stories...	Girard442	Nov 2021	#2
Others are saying it's too early to generalize from this sample,	Tanuki	Nov 2021	#3
Cassandras gonna hate this	greenjar_01	Nov 2021	#4
There has been a group here who has consistently ridiculed those who are concerned	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#8
'tis indeed curious	GusBob	Nov 2021	#14
Holiday gathering...	FirstLight	Nov 2021	#31
I don't believe you n/t	ornotna	Nov 2021	#9
In the myth Cassandra was right	Blues Heron	Nov 2021	#33
I always identify people in the way they prefer to be identified	greenjar_01	Nov 2021	#34
Good effort at a save. It almost covers up the fact that you didn't really understand	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#41
Riiiiiight	greenjar_01	Nov 2021	#42
It was merely an observation about buffoons.	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#43
Oh well done	greenjar_01	Nov 2021	#45
Get a clue.	LisaL	Nov 2021	#35
Right on cue!	greenjar_01	Nov 2021	#44
If this bears out, this could be the end of the pandemic! Waiting for official	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#6
Oil market thinks it's over	durablend	Nov 2021	#15
The virus could be moderating.	roamer65	Nov 2021	#7
It's been weird how much this has resembled the course of the 1918 flu. I guess we don't	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#10
In a hundred years?	former9thward	Nov 2021	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#48
It will be interesting to see if those with very mild Omicron symptoms escape long haul effects.	tblue37	Nov 2021	#11
That's my question!	Delmette2.0	Nov 2021	#26
Interesting that they supposedly don't get loss of taste & smell	womanofthehills	Nov 2021	#40
Yep. This is the big question mark. nt	crickets	Nov 2021	#56
I think it's best to hope for the best and get vaccinated.	Tomconroy	Nov 2021	#12
Until most of the world is immunized there will be new "variants of concern."	Hortensis	Nov 2021	#13
That's exactly what happened with influenza.	Initech	Nov 2021	#16
Yes. Interestingly, I was surprised to learn that only a fraction	Hortensis	Nov 2021	#17
Well, that "every day virus" (flu) kills a lot of people every year in this country	Texin	Nov 2021	#22
Oh no we definitely haven't heard the last of COVID. It will be back.	Initech	Nov 2021	#23
But only a fraction of what we have been told it kills.	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#24
Covid for the most part has been fatal to the elderly, even the	Tomconroy	Nov 2021	#38
+1, "We're all going to get it at some point, ..."	uponit7771	Nov 2021	#54
That is what I read a few days ago, symptoms were fatigue with no loss of smell or taste. nt	yaesu	Nov 2021	#18
And a scratchy throat with no cough. This is great news, but I am trying to hold	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#25
Good to hear	jalan48	Nov 2021	#19
Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa	speak easy	Nov 2021	#20
WSJ: Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa Hot Spot	NickB79	Nov 2021	#21
Oddly that province was by a far stretch the hot spot in the	Tomconroy	Nov 2021	#39
Too small a sample size and too small an age range	Raftergirl	Nov 2021	#27
Exactly right	RedArkGuy	Nov 2021	#57
This is how most virus' mutate	relayerbob	Nov 2021	#28
Omicron has shown up in the UK, Netherlands,	wnylib	Nov 2021	#29
Hospitalizations are increasing in South Africa.	LisaL	Nov 2021	#36
But are those hospitalizations	wnylib	Nov 2021	#46
Delta has been present globally for many months now.	Pobeka	Nov 2021	#50
Delta infections spiked here too for a short time, We'll see.	uponit7771	Nov 2021	#55
I was not suggesting that delta had	wnylib	Nov 2021	#60
I did take it that way, thanks for clearing it up.	Pobeka	Nov 2021	#61
That's a big jump. I am going to hope that doctor's observations bear out, but I'm going to assume	Scrivener7	Nov 2021	#58
Doctor's observation only pertain to her presumably small number of patients.	LisaL	Nov 2021	#62
Anecdotal evidence based on a small number of patients this particular doctor had.	LisaL	Nov 2021	#32
Agreed...this one doctor is getting WAY too much press nt	Shermann	Nov 2021	#37
Deaths have spiked too n/t	FreeState	Nov 2021	#49
Do you have a source for that? TIA n/t	Pobeka	Nov 2021	#51
Worldometers data here	FreeState	Nov 2021	#52
Thanks! nt	Pobeka	Nov 2021	#53
Extremely good news! (n/t)	Patton French	Nov 2021	#59
I love that out very own	BannonsLiver	Nov 2021	#63
You keep using that term "clout chasing" and calling out posters with it	GusBob	Nov 2021	#64
So, basically, it's a cold?	Angleae	Nov 2021	#65
No.	LisaL	Nov 2021	#66

Response to live love laugh (Original post)

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 12:20 PM

Hugh_Lebowski (30,384 posts)

1. Well that's certainly good news!

However, mutations that are presenting in general are worrisome, might not get so lucky next time.

Omicron extremely mild no hospitalizations

1. Well that's certainly good news!

5. Exactly what I was thinking

30. Agreed...

2. One has to be very cautious about both the positive and negative stories...

3. Others are saying it's too early to generalize from this sample,

4. Cassandras gonna hate this

8. There has been a group here who has consistently ridiculed those who are concerned

14. 'tis indeed curious

31. Holiday gathering...

9. I don't believe you n/t

33. In the myth Cassandra was right

34. I always identify people in the way they prefer to be identified

41. Good effort at a save. It almost covers up the fact that you didn't really understand

42. Riiiiiight

43. It was merely an observation about buffoons.

45. Oh well done

35. Get a clue.

44. Right on cue!

6. If this bears out, this could be the end of the pandemic! Waiting for official

15. Oil market thinks it's over

7. The virus could be moderating.

10. It's been weird how much this has resembled the course of the 1918 flu. I guess we don't

47. In a hundred years?

11. It will be interesting to see if those with very mild Omicron symptoms escape long haul effects.

26. That's my question!

40. Interesting that they supposedly don't get loss of taste & smell

56. Yep. This is the big question mark. nt

12. I think it's best to hope for the best and get vaccinated.

13. Until most of the world is immunized there will be new "variants of concern."

16. That's exactly what happened with influenza.

17. Yes. Interestingly, I was surprised to learn that only a fraction

22. Well, that "every day virus" (flu) kills a lot of people every year in this country

23. Oh no we definitely haven't heard the last of COVID. It will be back.

24. But only a fraction of what we have been told it kills.

38. Covid for the most part has been fatal to the elderly, even the

54. +1, "We're all going to get it at some point, ..."

18. That is what I read a few days ago, symptoms were fatigue with no loss of smell or taste. nt

25. And a scratchy throat with no cough. This is great news, but I am trying to hold

19. Good to hear

20. Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa

21. WSJ: Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa Hot Spot

39. Oddly that province was by a far stretch the hot spot in the

27. Too small a sample size and too small an age range

57. Exactly right

28. This is how most virus' mutate

29. Omicron has shown up in the UK, Netherlands,

36. Hospitalizations are increasing in South Africa.

46. But are those hospitalizations

50. Delta has been present globally for many months now.

55. Delta infections spiked here too for a short time, We'll see.

60. I was not suggesting that delta had

61. I did take it that way, thanks for clearing it up.

58. That's a big jump. I am going to hope that doctor's observations bear out, but I'm going to assume

62. Doctor's observation only pertain to her presumably small number of patients.

32. Anecdotal evidence based on a small number of patients this particular doctor had.

37. Agreed...this one doctor is getting WAY too much press nt

49. Deaths have spiked too n/t

51. Do you have a source for that? TIA n/t

52. Worldometers data here

53. Thanks! nt

59. Extremely good news! (n/t)

63. I love that out very own

64. You keep using that term "clout chasing" and calling out posters with it

65. So, basically, it's a cold?

66. No.