Omicron: Just the Facts – Liberty Nation

(Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Before authorities authorities mandate masks or order shutdowns, and the fearful media whip up the plenty, it appears some primary details about the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is so as. So right here you go. Omicron: simply the details.

• Omicron is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. It is so named after the fifteenth letter in the Greek alphabet.
• There is a few disagreement about the place Omicron was first noticed. The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that the first case got here from South Africa, however others, together with 4uhealth.com, declare the first case was reported in Botswana on Nov. 11.
• What has virologists apprehensive about Omicron is its 32 mutations. The Delta variant, by comparability, had 9 mutations. Without getting too far into the weeds, these mutations have an effect on the “spike protein.” The motive that issues is as a result of these proteins are used to develop vaccines.
• At this level, medical specialists are involved with vaccine resistance and the transmissibility of Omicron.
• South African Dr. Angelique Coetzee was the first to come back ahead publicly with data of the new variant. In an interview with the BBC, she reported the following:

1. Patient signs are fairly gentle. They embrace fatigue, aches, and pains, extra of a scratchy throat than a sore throat, and no cough. As effectively, her Omicron sufferers don’t report a lack of odor or style.
2. She characterised the general signs as “very, very mild.”
3. Clinically in South Africa, nobody with Omicron has been admitted to the hospital.

WHO stories:

• There is presently no data to counsel that signs related to Omicron are totally different from different variants.
• Younger people are likely to have milder signs.
• Preliminary proof suggests there could also be an elevated danger of reinfection with Omicron (i.e., individuals who have beforehand had COVID-19 might turn out to be reinfected extra simply with Omicron), in comparison with different variants, however data is restricted.
• Thus far, there have been no stories of loss of life ensuing from the Omicron variant.
• The present PCR assessments are in a position to detect the Omicron variant an infection.

It ought to go with out saying that the response to the Omicron variant ought to match the severity of the sickness. Liberty Nation will hold you abreast of the details as extra data turns into accessible about Omicron.

~ Read extra from Leesa Okay. Donner.