Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing scores of ill people every day, as the omicron strain spreads across South Africa. He doesn’t have to admit anybody to the clinic, though.
He and other medicine and surgeons experts believe the omicron variant of COVID-19 is producing a milder virus strain than the delta version, despite the fact it appears to be growing quickly.
Patients are Sent Home
Pillay said his clients “are capable of managing the illness at home.”
“Within the 10 to 14 day seclusion period, most have healed,” Pillay said. He said this includes older individuals and those with health issues that make them more susceptible to becoming very ill, as a result of a coronavirus illness.
Several doctors told similar accounts in the two weeks after omicron was first identified in Southern Africa. While they all warn that gathering enough data will take many more weeks, their views and early data provide some indications.
Someone explain to me, given that Omicron has killed zero people in the world & experts say it's "very mild," why allowing Omicron to circulate & replace Delta (which is more deadly) is a bad thing?
And why are we panicking over a variant that killed 0 people?
Genuine question.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) December 10, 2021
According to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in South Africa, only approximately 30% of patients admitted with COVID-19 in recent weeks were critically ill. This is less than half the proportion seen in previous pandemic waves’ first days.
COVID-19 hospital visits had been reduced this time, averaging about 2.8 days, as opposed to eight days previously. Only 3% of COVID-19 individuals hospitalized lately have died, compared to around 20% in previous outbreaks in the nation.
It Appears to be Extremely Mild
“At the present, nearly everything indicates to it being a lesser condition,” said Willem Hanekom, head of the Africa Health Research Center, citing numbers and other reports from the central institute.
“We’re still in the early stages, and we need to collect the full data. Hospital admissions and deaths are often delayed, and this surge is only two weeks old.”
Most reported U.S. Omicron cases have hit the fully vaccinated -CDChttps://t.co/Nnt9YVi3vO
— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) December 11, 2021
Meanwhile, scientists around the world are keeping an eye on case numbers and hospital costs; this comes along with them assessing current vaccines and therapies.
While delta remains the most common coronavirus variant, omicron instances have been reported in lots of nations, with South Africa being the epicenter.
Pillay works in the Gauteng province of South Africa, where the omicron variant has gained traction. It is South Africa’s most populated state, with 16 million citizens, and comprises Johannesburg, the largest metropolis, and Pretoria, the capital.
According to health experts, the first week of December has seen a 400 percent increase in new cases, with testing revealing that omicron is accountable for more than 90 percent of cases.
During the last delta surge, Pillay says his COVID-19 victims “had trouble breathing and reduced oxygen levels.”
“Many needed to be admitted to the hospital within days,” he added. He said the individuals he’s seeing now have lesser flu-like symptoms, like muscle aches and coughs.
