{"id":1146979,"date":"2021-12-23T15:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1146979"},"modified":"2021-12-23T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T20:19:54","slug":"majority-of-people-who-contract-omicron-may-never-show-symptoms-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-people-who-contract-omicron-may-never-show-symptoms-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority Of People Who Contract Omicron May Never Show Symptoms: Researchers"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmajority-of-people-who-contract-omicron-may-never-show-symptoms-researchers%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=1146979&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>A new study says the Omicron variant could infect some 140 million Americans \u2014 60% of the population \u2014 by March, but the majority of people who contract the variant could be asymptomatic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are expecting an enormous surge in infections \u2026 so, an enormous spread of Omicron,\u201d said Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2021\/12\/22\/covid-omicron-variant-ihme-models-predict-140-m-new-infections-winter\/8967421002\/\">according<\/a> to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotal infections in the U.S. we forecast are going from about 40 percent of the U.S. having been infected so far, to having in the next two to three months, 60 percent of the U.S. getting infected with Omicron,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the researchers at the institute said that while the variant appears to be more contagious than the Delta variant, it does not appear to be as strong. They predict Omicron will lead to fewer deaths and hospitalizations. \u201cOmicron\u2019s hospitalization rate is about 90 to 96 percent lower than Delta, which rampaged through much of the US in August,\u201d the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10337845\/Enormous-spread-Omicron-cause-140-MILLION-new-infections-January-1-March-1.html\">reported<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, up to 90% of those who contract the variant will never know they have Omicron, said the Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority will show no symptoms and have fewer hospitalizations and deaths compared to previous surges as Omicron is believed to be milder,\u201d the U.K. paper reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2&nbsp;is milder than the Delta variant, according to a report from the British government, which will release the early data in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which operates much like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that those who contract Omicron are less likely to become severely ill compared to people who get the Delta variant, according to the data, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/newsletter\/london-playbook\/scoop-omicron-milder-in-uk-new-years-fireworks-liz-vs-no-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore people are likely to have a mild illness with less serious symptoms \u2014 probably in part due to Britain\u2019s large number of vaccinated and previously infected people, and possibly because Omicron may be intrinsically milder,\u201d Politico reported. \u201cChief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has previously cautioned against too much optimism based on the initial optimistic signs from South Africa in the past few weeks. However, the UKHSA\u2019s view after studying cases in Britain is that Omicron is indeed usually less severe than Delta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the report included one caveat. \u201cThe less good news is that while Omicron seems milder overall, the UKHSA has found it is not necessarily mild enough to avoid large numbers of hospitalizations. The experts have found evidence that for those who do become severely ill, there is still a high chance of hospitalization and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UKHSA has also confirmed that transmissibility of Omicron is very high, meaning that even though it is milder, infections could rocket to the point large numbers still end up in hospital \u2014 essentially negating the reduction in severity. NHS staff shortages due to widespread infections also have to be taken into account. Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that there was still \u2018uncertainty\u2019 on exactly how severe Omicron is, and how this impacts the hospitalization rate,\u201d said the report.<\/p>\n<p>Another UK study of early data about the Omicron variant has found that the most common symptoms are akin to the common cold.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;ZOE COVID Symptoms <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.joinzoe.com\/post\/omicron-and-cold-like-symptoms-rapidly-taking-over-in-london\">Study<\/a>, which has been tracking symptoms reported by participants using a smartphone app, reported that the top five symptoms for Omicron are runny nose, headache, fatigue (mild or severe), sneezing, and sore throat. The data were collected between December 3 and 10 in London.<\/p>\n<p>The new strain differs from previous strains, which often brought high fevers, a heavy cough, and the loss of smell.&nbsp;\u201cHopefully people now recognize the cold-like symptoms which appear to be the predominant feature of Omicron. These are the changes that will slow the spread of the virus,\u201d lead scientist Tim Spector on the study said in a news release on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em>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<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study says the Omicron variant could infect some 140 million Americans \u2014 60% of the population \u2014 by March, but the majority of people who contract the variant might be asymptomatic. \u201cWe are expecting an enormous surge in infections \u2026 so, an enormous spread of Omicron,\u201d said Dr. Chris Murray, director of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"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-1146979","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\/1146979","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\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146979\/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=1146979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}