Posted on 11/27/2021 11:32:47 AM PST by Libloather
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Angelique Coetzee, a doctor with a private practice in Pretoria and chair of the South African Medical Association (SAMA), told The Telegraph that so far Omicron cases seem to present with strange but mild symptoms. "Their symptoms were so different and so mild from those I had treated before," she said.
Most of the Omicron patients Coetzee has treated arrived "feeling so tired," making intense fatigue the most consistent symptom that's been reported. On the other hand, none of these patients suffered from loss of taste or smell, which has been one of the tell-tale COVID symptoms up to this point.
In terms of other surprising symptoms, Coetzee told The Telegraph, "We had one very interesting case, a kid, about six-years-old, with a temperature and a very high pulse rate, and I wondered if I should admit her, but when I followed up two days later she was so much better."
Coetzee has stressed that it's too early to make any larger predictions about what an Omicron wave would mean for the world - and if we'll even reach that point. In an interview with The Guardian, she reiterated that the cases she's seen have been mild, but acknowledged that it's too soon to know for sure if that will hold for a broader spectrum of Omicron infections.
"It's all speculation at this stage. It may be it's highly transmissible, but so far the cases we are seeing are extremely mild," Coetzee said. "Maybe two weeks from now I will have a different opinion, but this is what we are seeing. So are we seriously worried? No. We are concerned and we watch what's happening. But for now we're saying, 'OK, there's a whole hype out there. [We're] not sure why.'"
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“so different and so mild”
IOW it’s a different virus, possibly in family but maybe not.
Much ado about nothing.
I read that Ivermectin is approved treatment for covid in S. Africa.
I like make-believe stories to start with “once upon a time”...
Three years ago, we called it a cold or the crud.
So is necklacing...
Oh no. Omicron makes you “feel tired.”
Answer: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
My job must be giving me the Omicron variant.
All of us have a temperature.
#PetPeeve
Extreme fatigue? Like the kind I have from this endless Kung Fu crap?
If this variant is very mild then it is better to catch than an experimental Big Pharma lab-rat vaccine.
Sounds like I had Omicron this week.
I’m glad that’s over.
Maybe I had the new version. I had covid a few weeks ago.. Treated it with Ivermectin and vitamins. My main symptom was fatigue and brain fog.
It was kind of cool. My wife could actually see my brain shut off after a minute or so of concentration. I’d just drift away.
Oh no! Extreme fatigue! How will we survive?? Good grief, that sounds like every flu I’ve had in my 59 years of life.
Did you notice they have virtually stopped all over the counter flu and cold medication ads on TV or radio? This jumped out at me when I was watching a show I had recorded on my Tablo back in Nov/Dec 2019. full of ads about nyquil, etc.
NONE of that now!
It sounds like “mini mono”.
Interesting. I had Covid mid September. No fever. No loss of taste or smell. Loss of appetite. But very fatigued. I basically slept it off over a week, sleeping about 18 hours a day.
Maybe I am patient #1!
In fact it might offer some protection against more dangerous strains, much like cowpox was used to innoculate against smallpox.
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