Omicron Is "Extremely Mild" Says Doctor Who First Discovered Strain As Numerous Mutations "Destabilize" The Virus

The Pretoria doctor who first sounded the alarm about the new strain and who is a Covid-19 adviser to the South Africa government said that symptoms linked to the omicron coronavirus variant have been mild so far.

Contrary to the panicmongering unleashed by western mainstream median, Barry Schoub, chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Vaccines, told Sky News on Sunday that while South Africa, which first identified the new variant, currently has 3,220 people with the coronavirus infection overall and while the variant does appear to be spreading rapidly, there's been no real uptick in hospitalizations.

Most importantly, and running counter to the fearmongering narrative being pumped out 24/7 by the mainstream media, Schoub said that the large number of mutations found in the omicron variant appears to destabilize the virus, which might make it less "Fit" than the dominant delta strain.

While South Africa, where the Omicron strain first emerged in early November, has been hit with a number of travel bans from the U.K. and other nations, after its scientists found the mutated variant last week, since then a growing number of European countries, along with Australia, have also identified people infected with the variant.

At the same time, one could make the point that while Omicron could soon become the dominant strain due to its higher R-nought, that could be a blessing in disguise as it pushes out the much more dangerous delta strain.

Speaking to the BBC, Coetzee said that doctors in the UK where panic over Omicron has exploded, "Might be more focused on the Delta symptoms" and missing the much milder Omicron variant.

"I think you already have it there in your country," says the South African doctor who first raised concern over the Omicron variant.

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