Posted on 07/12/2022 1:10:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Omicron BA.5 subvariant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While this variant is fast-spreading, it appears to be less severe than early versions of the virus, and its symptoms are similar to those of other Omicron subvariants, experts say.
Symptoms of Omicron infections are typically coldlike, including a sore throat, sneezing, and a runny nose. Symptoms like fever, chills, and cough are still seen sometimes in Omicron cases but not as frequently as in earlier variants of the virus.
Like past variants in the Omicron lineage, BA.5 seems to primarily affect the upper respiratory tract, according to experts at the University of Colorado. Symptoms like a sore throat and nasal congestion indicate that the virus has infiltrated the nose and airways, but Omicron is less likely to affect the lungs compared with past variants, Drs. Thomas Campbell and Steven Johnson, two infectious-disease experts, said in a news release.
Loss of smell, which was a signature symptom in early COVID-19 cases, is rarely seen with the Omicron subvariants — likely because that symptom indicates the virus has affected the nervous system.
The BA.5 subvariant accounts for about 53% of COVID-19 infections in the country, according to the CDC.
As symptoms remain similar to recent Omicron subvariants, severity seems to be decreasing with BA.5, Dr. David Dowdy, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told Insider. Getting infected with the coronavirus or exposed to it via vaccine teaches the immune system to respond to the threat without overwhelming the body, he added.
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Please don’t stop panicking.
Italy is currently spiking cases and deaths.
Somewhat right on time.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/
Runny nose.
Better throw 3 trillion dollars at it.
Hmmmmm. I may have had this a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t get tested because I thought surely COVID is worse than this. I treated myself pretty successfully with Coricidin.
Yep! And not a single word from funeral home directors telling us we need to schedule the memorial services six months out NOR morticians being even remotely interested in the stacks or bodies piling up. Weird huh?
But we sure hear plenty from POLITICIANS who THINK they are “scientists”.
I had it the last week of June. Mild sore throat runny nose. My dr told me yto take paxlovid given my being 70. Symptoms abated and 4th day tested negative. Then I got Faucied. Tested positive after three neg tests. Runny nose returned for three days begore testing neg. At no time was I sick. Just aggravated at quarantine. Binge watched NCIS.
“So a cold....got it, thanks!”
Give the government control of your body to save yourself from a cold.
The Election Variant is going to be the real threat
Do not believe a word of it. They continue to manufacture it looking for another shutdown to steal the next election too
does worldometers keep track of all the nondocumented unvaccinated invaders that biden is spreading across our country during a “global pandemic”???...
If you are reading this and wear a disposable surgical or cloth mask because you fear COVID - please get a vasectomy or a tubal ligation.
Doesn’t matter - this thing is a virus like the cold or a flu regardless of illegals or space aliens.
Only those invading Italy
already know that...
just exposing the hypocrisy... 😁
😂
And the Italians will do just fine - Branch Covidians be damned.
I’ve had hangovers that were worse 😂
I’ve had hangovers that were worse 😂
You know, you’re right!
the best way to fight the virus is to strengthen the innate immune system.
Oh, the horror! What ever shall we do? Wait, I know! Masks, mail-in ballots, and definitely LOTS more “vaccines” and “boosters”.
It’s called a cold.
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