{"id":1062463,"date":"2021-11-28T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T21:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062463"},"modified":"2021-11-28T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T21:59:48","slug":"south-african-doc-on-omicron-currently-no-reason-for-panicking-as-we-dont-see-severely-ill-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-african-doc-on-omicron-currently-no-reason-for-panicking-as-we-dont-see-severely-ill-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Doc On Omicron: Currently \u2018No Reason For Panicking As We Don\u2019t See Severely Ill Patients\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-african-doc-on-omicron-currently-no-reason-for-panicking-as-we-dont-see-severely-ill-patients%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In mid-November, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, alerted the country\u2019s vaccine advisory committee after seeing multiple COVID-19 patients who were experiencing significant fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Coetzee was seemingly the first to bring attention to the emerging Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/science-and-disease\/south-african-doctor-raised-alarm-omicron-variant-says-symptoms\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>, a U.K. publication, Coetzee noted the apparent symptoms in patients with the Omicron variant, and added that they appear mild.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at the mildness of the symptoms that we are seeing, currently there is no reason for panicking as we don\u2019t see severely ill patients,\u201d Coetzee said.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor continued, stating that this variant seemed to start with the 40-and-under group, with the \u201cmost predominant clinical complaint\u201d being \u201csevere fatigue for one or two days,\u201d as well as \u201cheadache\u201d and \u201cbody aches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Coetzee added that one very young patient had a high pulse and fever, but within two days, had gotten \u201cmuch better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are seeing clinically in South Africa \u2026 is extremely mild. For us, that\u2019s mild cases. We haven\u2019t admitted anyone. I spoke to other colleagues of mine, same picture,\u201d Coetzee said in another video published on The Telegraph\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by a TV host if the U.S., U.K., and Europe are \u201cpanicking unnecessarily,\u201d Coetzee replied: \u201cI think you already have it there in your country. \u2026 I would say yes, at this stage, I would say definitely. Two weeks from now, maybe we will say something different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coetzee did express concern for the elderly, especially those who have not been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=OiBoKGwVnxM\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=OiBoKGwVnxM<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The latest coronavirus variant, B.1.1.529, dubbed Omicron, was designated as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2021\/s1126-B11-529-omicron.html\">Variant of Concern<\/a>\u201d by the World Health Organization on Friday following reports of the virus variant in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pfizer-moderna-looking-into-escape-variant-vaccines-and-boosters-as-omicron-sparks-concern\">reported<\/a>, Pfizer\/BioNTech, as well as Moderna and other vaccine makers, are looking into the possibility of variant-targeted booster shots.<\/p>\n<p>A BioNTech spokesperson told Fox Business: \u201cIn the event that vaccine-escape variant emerges, Pfizer and BioNTech expect to be able to develop and produce a tailor-made vaccine against that variant in approximately 100 days, subject to regulatory approval.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, on Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on NBC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-on-omicron-potential-to-evade-immune-protection-from-monoclonal-and-some-of-the-vaccine-induced-antibodies\">Meet the Press<\/a>,\u201d and spoke about Omicron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the critical questions now are: Do the antibodies block this well? And what is the seriousness of the disease?\u201d Fauci stated. \u201cSo there are enough people right now in South Africa that our South African colleagues are following to determine is this highly transmissible, but doesn\u2019t really give a severe disease, or does it really give the same kind of severity that we\u2019ve seen with Delta and other variants? All of these are gaps in our knowledge that we are all over and going to find them out pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-on-omicron-potential-to-evade-immune-protection-from-monoclonal-and-some-of-the-vaccine-induced-antibodies\">Fauci On Omicron: Potential To \u2018Evade Immune Protection\u2019 From \u2018Monoclonal\u2019 And \u2018Some Of The Vaccine-Induced&nbsp;Antibodies\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pfizer-moderna-looking-into-escape-variant-vaccines-and-boosters-as-omicron-sparks-concern\">Pfizer, Moderna Looking Into \u2018Escape Variant\u2019 Vaccines And Boosters As Omicron Sparks&nbsp;Concern<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-November, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, alerted the country\u2019s vaccine advisory committee after seeing multiple COVID-19 patients who were experiencing significant fatigue.Coetzee was seemingly the first to bring attention to the emerging Omicron variant.Speaking with The Telegraph, a U.K. publication, Coetzee noted the apparent symptoms in patients with the Omicron variant, and added that they appear mild.\u201cLooking at the mildness of the symptoms that we are seeing, currently there is no reason for panicking as we don\u2019t see severely ill patients,\u201d Coetzee said.The doctor continued, stating that this variant seemed to start with the 40-and-under group, with the \u201cmost predominant clinical complaint\u201d being \u201csevere fatigue for one or two days,\u201d as well as \u201cheadache\u201d and \u201cbody aches.\u201dDr. Coetzee added that one very young patient had a high pulse and fever, but within two days, had gotten \u201cmuch better.\u201d\u201cWhat we are seeing clinically in South Africa \u2026 is extremely mild. For us, that\u2019s mild cases. We haven\u2019t admitted anyone. I spoke to other colleagues of mine, same picture,\u201d Coetzee said in another video published on The Telegraph\u2019s YouTube channel.When asked by a TV host if the U.S., U.K., and Europe are \u201cpanicking unnecessarily,\u201d Coetzee replied: \u201cI think you already have it there in your country. \u2026 I would say yes, at this stage, I would say definitely. Two weeks from now, maybe we will say something different.\u201dCoetzee did express concern for the elderly, especially those who have not been vaccinated.[embedded content]The latest coronavirus variant, B.1.1.529, dubbed Omicron, was designated as a \u201cVariant of Concern\u201d by the World Health Organization on Friday following reports of the virus variant in South Africa.As The Daily Wire reported, Pfizer\/BioNTech, as well as Moderna and other vaccine makers, are looking into the possibility of variant-targeted booster shots.A BioNTech spokesperson told Fox Business: \u201cIn the event that vaccine-escape variant emerges, Pfizer and BioNTech expect to be able to develop and produce a tailor-made vaccine against that variant in approximately 100 days, subject to regulatory approval.\u201dAdditionally, on Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d and spoke about Omicron.\u201cSo the critical questions now are: Do the antibodies block this well? And what is the seriousness of the disease?\u201d Fauci stated. \u201cSo there are enough people right now in South Africa that our South African colleagues are following to determine is this highly transmissible, but doesn\u2019t really give a severe disease, or does it really give the same kind of severity that we\u2019ve seen with Delta and other variants? All of these are gaps in our knowledge that we are all over and going to find them out pretty quickly.\u201dRelated: Fauci On Omicron: Potential To \u2018Evade Immune Protection\u2019 From \u2018Monoclonal\u2019 And \u2018Some Of The Vaccine-Induced\u00a0Antibodies\u2019\u00a0Related: Pfizer, Moderna Looking Into \u2018Escape Variant\u2019 Vaccines And Boosters As Omicron Sparks\u00a0ConcernThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}