South African Doctor Who Alerted Scientists About New COVID Variant Says Symptoms Are ‘Unusual, But Mild’ Despite Fauci’s Fear-Mongering
by Eric Thompson
Without any recorded deaths or even hospitalizations, the hysteria over the new COVID-19 variant is spreading like wildfire anyway.
Dr. Angelique Coetzee, the South African doctor who first alerted the scientific community to a new SARS-CoV-2 — B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organization has dubbed “Omicron” — has described symptoms of the variant as “unusual, but mild.”
Even with Dr. Coetzee’s comments and limited data, the WHO is stirring up fears by warning that omicron contains several genetic mutations on the virus’ spike protein, worrying scientists about the variant’s ability to bypass infection-blocking antibodies, and specifically, vaccines.
Despite the U.S. not having confirmed a single case of the new variant, President Joe Biden responded to the emergence of the variant by enacting a travel ban on eight African nations. The European Union quickly followed suit. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) even enacted a state of emergency in the Empire State to respond to the omicron variant.
Dr. Angelique Coetzee told the Telegraph she first suspected a new variant of COVID-19 was spreading when her medical practice in Pretoria saw an influx of patients with “symptoms that did not make immediate sense.”
Coetzee, who serves as the chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, explained those symptoms included “intense fatigue” and a high pulse rate in younger patients, but not the loss of smell or taste, the hallmark symptom of COVID-19.
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