JOHANNESBURG -- As the Omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn't had to send anyone to the hospital.
In the two weeks since omicron first was reported in Southern Africa, other doctors have shared similar stories. All caution that it will take many more weeks to collect enough data to be sure, their observations and the early evidence offer some clues.Only about 30% of those hospitalized with COVID-19 in recent weeks have been seriously ill, less than half the rate as during the first weeks of previous pandemic waves.
"At the moment, virtually everything points toward it being milder disease," Willem Hanekom, director of the Africa Health Research Institute, said, citing the national institute's figures and other reports. "It's early days, and we need to get the final data. Often hospitalizations and deaths happen later, and we are only two weeks into this wave."
Pillay says his COVID-19 patients during the last Delta wave "had trouble breathing and lower oxygen levels. Many needed hospitalization within days," he said. The patients he's treating now have milder, flu-like symptoms, such as body aches and a cough, he said. "Omicron has driven the resurgence," Phaahla said, citing studies that say 70% of the new cases nationwide are from Omicron.
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Why are you lying to public this is not true. Tell the truth for a change. When will you come clean with this plandemic? When will you come clean in regards of the drug pusher we have as pm.
Want to point out its also primarily in vaccinated people with boosters? Or is that to many facts for CTV?
So far the rest of world ain't getting the memo 🙄
So why are we going crazy over this?
l want to believe....
Hopeful news.
Finally some good news
Good for you for not playing in to the Global Viral Fear Factor.... For once!!!
Guaranteed our politicians won't acknowledge this.
BETTER SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN!