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Originally Posted by nffc

Sounds like it.


But it does make sense to be cautious if you're not sure. It's new in SA and there may not have been enough time to know if it's going to cause a rise in hospitalisations yet. But one of the SA medical chiefs says that the symptoms are mild - she has said they aren't seeing the loss of taste/smell, only a slight cough, muscle/headache in people who are testing positive. If that is the extent of it, how much does it matter how transmissible it is or how much it evades previous immunity.



We don't even really know where it came from, where already has it, and if we have more of it but people have not got the usual symptoms and thought to get a test.


I know it's not in yet, but I've just been shopping, hardly anyone was wearing a mask in the shops (but yes, it's not in yet, and they weren't busy) and no-one on PT was (from the buses I saw) where it's still been basically suggested all the time. It will be interesting to see how this changes.

Yes, or the full quote.

The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease, without prominent syndromes, Angelique Coetzee, the chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, told Sputnik on Saturday.

"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," Coetzee said.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/87949404.cms