WATCH | ‘Schooled’ — Dr Angelique Coetzee tells UK to ‘trust’ SA doctors over Omicron

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'There's no reason why you can't trust us when we say to you 'it's a mild disease','' said Dr Angelique Coetzee.

A video of the chairperson of the SA Medical Association , Dr Angelique Coetzee, telling the host of a UK radio show to trust SA experts studying the Omicron variant has received praise online. LBCShe was adamant the new strain was “much milder” than previous Covid-19 variants.

She acknowledged the number of patients being hospitalised with complications related to Covid-19 is increasing, but claimed most recovered within five days.“ There’s been no need to hospitalise many of the mild cases. Most patients recover within about five days whether they are a child or older citizens, vaccinated or not vaccinated. This is a real life example.”

Social media users reacted to the interview, with some claiming Coetzee had “schooled” host Tom SwarbrickDr Angelique Coetzee of the South African Medical Association details the Omicron situation in the country that alerted the world to the variant.

 

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Why not? 🤔 Do we have proof to know if they were not paid to do or say so 🤔🤔 Do we know how loyal are they not to one another? 🤔🤔🤔

Is it possible us South Africans with our specific brand of DNA are just able to deal with this variant better?

Does the Dr Coetzee lrealky think the uk will want to look bad in the worlds eye? Little south africa teaching them a thing or too?

'Most patients recover within about five days whether they are a child or older citizens, vaccinated or not vaccinated.” - This line bothers me the most.

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