Should I worry about the Omicron COVID variant?
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Professor Tim Spector, Lead Investigator on the ZOE COVID Symptom study unpacks everything we know about the new COVID variant of concern, Omicron.
00:00 - Intro
03:35 - Is Omicron more transmissible?
05:14 - Does Omicron cause worse symptoms?
06:12 - Will vaccines work against Omicron?
09: 05 - Do current COVID tests detect Omicron?
10:50 - How can I avoid catching Omicron?
12:14 - How can I help research of Omicron?
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Data management is excellent in South Africa. The country is also extremely open regarding all its Covid related data. The doctor who discovered Omicron and several others are saying that, so far, this is presenting in patients as a mild form of the disease. Common side effects seem to be a cough, ‘scratchy sore throat and aching bones.
"Headache and tiredness" is what I heard, I've probably had worse hangovers. 😂
Also loss of taste and smell together. Ugh.
Can't be a Variant without a Virus!
Good on SA for alerting the world to a new variant, shame the knee jerk reaction to ban travel, when it clearly was out in the world already, if you punish the messenger, they will just keep quiet.
Thanks Tim - for the calm report. Hopefully the users of the app will get you the data needed soon.
Not sure I agree with your travel comment. I think it is a wide choice Christmas is the time where large family and work gatherings take place and people travel across the world l, socialising indoors more. So I think travel restrictions are the only way.
@Bob Simply not possible. We live in a global society. Define "non-essential"?
@Bob Yes, now that you've had your time, you need all children to be mere tools in your toolbox for your valiant fight to the end. End of everyone else, that is.
@@skepticalbadger "non-essential" is whatever he doesn't care to do.
@@skepticalbadger Childrens' shoes were considered non-essentials. These constricting people are death-dealing to any freedom.
Thanks again Tim for your really helpful updates as always
Thank you Tim and the Zoe team. Much appreciated.
The only question worth answering is how dangerous is it? If it is about as dangerous as a cold, then why worry? Why worry about jabs for this? We won't know for a while how dangerous it is, so surely, stop guessing?
@@autistonaut brainwashed much. Here's a thought, all those other conditions that was once fatal and are now treatable are thanks to them big pharma. But hey, you don't support them, and will not use any medicines I take it? Your a bunch of hypocrites
@@autistonaut do you know what was in any of the medication you've ever taken. There comes a point where you put your trust in those in the know. And depending on your circumstances take the risk assessment. If you feel you'd be fine, so be it. My only gripe is with false information being thrown about, and some people have died due to this.
You failed to mention that the earliest confirmed case was in the Netherlands, predating the Botswana cases by at least five days.
Nothing was ever confirmed
Thanks very much. Tim, and your team, I appreciate all your efforts, and your team to. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Let's pretend we are the viruses and not the hosts for a while. The mutations occur randomly so variants pop up all the time. This is our very own nature. Some variants are defective in the ability to infect a cell, others to make copies of their genes and they disappear. Other variants gain new abilities and might be more efficient in infecting or making copies of their genes. These variants will compete with each other and the ones that best fit the purpose of infection/reproduction will spread through people's respiratory (maybe other) fluids. As long as people keep exchanging their body fluids, we (the viruses) will keep evolving and causing many casualties (humans), but we will make sure they spread us before they die so we don't face extinction. Which ones will be the casualties depend on their own level of responsibility/stupidity. Eventually some of us will have mutations that allow us to infect, reproduce, and stay hidden in some humans or other animals without causing too much fuss. Now and then we will cause some fuss though, it's in our ever changing nature.
By the way, we (the viruses) hate social distancing, masks and clean hands. Vaccines? They're a pain in the arse but as long as some people can't or won't have them, we will survive.
Ahh Patricia... 🤗 Thank you. I am so heartened by this very clever role-play 😄. Loved being the Virus 😍 stay safe/stay sane and play on! ❤️🇿🇦
Thanks Tim and the whole team
Hey Prof. Spector how about getting onto those in power to change vaccination protocol to aspirate the needle. This was common practice for intramuscular injections. This would ensure no blood vessel is being hit, the vaccine not directly entering the blood system, and thus not potentially causing thromboses.
And of course removing one hurdle of hesitancy as well as avoiding a serious health condition.
Thrombocytopenia events associated with adenovirus vector vaccines were known and investigated nearly 2 decades ago.
Nothing to do with aspirating, although hitting a blood vessel would be the worst thing to do with it.
This is most important for the mRNA vaccine. Aspirating would take almost no time and remove a possible vaccination problem.
If aspiration had been the norm, as it used to be, then the sequelae would have been no thrombosis, reduction of vaccine hesitancy, wider use of the AZ vaccine and no restrictions on its use in under 40’s. In respect of the last point, younger people, particularly young men have higher upper arm muscle mass and hence more vascularisation and more chance of hitting a blood vessel.
@@chriswales1952 I had a suspicion that young men may have more chance of a blood vessel being found there, especially the fit more muscular types.
Great work. Thank you to you and your team ✌️
Thanks again Tim, I feel a bit better now you've clarified x
Great info and advice! Thanks to you and all your team for the hard work on the research in this pandemic.
The only important question is how lethal it is. Otherwise forget about it
Also long COVID, even worse than dying and much ignored.
@@lopezb worse than dying 😂
Thank you professor Please clarify which antivirals are currently administered in UK hospitals ?
We need to look into Vaccine Aspiration and push the powers that be to look into this
There is no Vaccine
Last question, could government guidelines provide advice on letting fresh air in, as many businesses keep windows shut as opening them isn't in government guidelines? Surely fresh air reduces spread with mask-use indoors in confined spaces, crowds and unventilated spaces? Ie ventilate if you can?
I could not agree more. The ventilation issue is one which needs a lot more promotion.
@@fireflyrobert definitely
@Alex Chilton sadly it seems many do!
It's an issue where in.workplaces others don't want windows opened, so.having succinct advice would help
@@lisasafiullah8774 We already have had plenty of Government advice on keeping our homes well-ventilated, not pleasant when there is a storm outside, but not difficult if it's dry, and better if its sunny.
Thank you Professor Tim for your useful and measured information. Thank you to your team colleagues too🙂
Thank you Professor Tim Spector and the Zoe team. you people r the most honest and the best .
ahahahahaha. Best joke today.
You’ll never be thanked.
@@johnmoore9862 I'm very often thanked... because I'm very rarely wrong and always helpful.
listen again to how many times he says something not true..."most people" this and most people that, each one not true.
As ever, clear and so helpful.
Thanks Tim much appreciated 👍
Good info mate, thanks
Is the AZ vaccine perhaps more effective on mutations that have changes on the spike protein? I don't know enough about the topic to know whether all mutations concern spike protein or perhaps other characteristics of viruses.
who cares
@@christophercooper2208 not morons, obviously
@@anxiousmindmusic not people with critical thinking skills either
If the Omicron variant was to quickly spread in concurrence with the Delta variant's slow decline then the use of PCR tests which do not detect the S-protein rejection may become problematic to the extent that the spread of the new variant may be increased. People will need to know for sure which variant they have because many will believe that if they haven't been told they have been infected with the Omicron variant then they won't be carrying it.
Reports suggest that the current UK PCR testing system only has about half the capacity to potentially identify the new variant at the time of the test because only 50% of tests can detect the s-protein rejection which would point to the probable presence of the Omicron variant.
If half or so of individuals are told they may have the variant the other half will assume otherwise and then we're left with infections being driven by human behaviour based on poor public health communication. This happened with the use of lateral flow tests. This time the consequences of unclear messaging could potentially be more problematic.
"Variants Variants Variants" or as I prefer to call them political scariants to coerce more vaccines which will allegedly last all of a few months before the next convenient mutation.
All you need to worry about (or not) as is the case over 99.5% of the time is whether you have Covid, it is roughly the same virus it has always been just as a mutation of Flu is still the Flu, it won't suddenly morph into an apocalyptic horror show of a virus like out of some scary movie.
A well balanced comment & an ignorant reply.
@@johnmoore9862 🙌nailed it!
❤️🇿🇦
@bamboo zooka. Risible, just risible.
I'm wondering if those mutations beyond the common ones that have been seen frequently in other successful variants and known to allow more transmission and infectivity are just "noise" and non-impactful to the virus' operation - albeit acting to making it less recognisable by spike-focused anti-bodies. If these mutations were materially "useful" wouldn't we have seen them cropping up time and time again in other variants? Should any "adjusted" vaccines also target NME proteins too to make them less vulnerable to mutations of the S proteins? Maybe an old-fashioned "inactivated virus" vaccine might be a good idea at this time?
The moderna I believe is the old fashioned style serum. However people are getting a pick-and-mix option, where they can no longer choose to have that one alone. There is a mixture being applied to people. What will that do? The only way to find out is wait, I suppose.
@@MElaughs Moderna is an mRNA vaccine. Very similar to the Pfizer one. Gets the cells to build fragments of the SARS-CoV-2 "wildtype" spike (S) protein.
@@FrostSpike ok maybe astra then. I know one of them is not a mRNA.
@@MElaughs j&j is a traditional one. I wonder if a cocktail of variants could help more against covid
@@dudethadude4382 considering historic variants include swine flu, bird flu, Spanish flu, the common cold - all are coronaviruses. The average Joe doesn't know this, so they don't believe it.
Thankyou for this
That was concise. Nicely presented. Very worthwhile.
Local guidance has said we all need to start wearing masks in shops again after tomorrow.
My Dad asked if I wanted to go to the Pantomime in two weeks time and when I looked at the theatre’s website they didn’t have any covid restrictions in place so I declined whereas the theatre near me has every precaution in place.
Its a mess isn't it. I have to wear my mask to travel by bus into town but can then take it off and go socialise in the pub for as long as I want!
Bedwetter. Stay indoors forever, stop burdening the rest of us with your mindless cowardice.
@@californiaraisins8532 And a Merry Christmas to you too!
@@californiaraisins8532 Well said
@@californiaraisins8532 spot on, these people are pathetic!
To follow up on your comment that monoclonal antibodies do not work. This is in contrast to reports from USA and I quote TWiV . Is it because we are not administering them early enough ?
Now MHRA has approved another MAB
Can I use tge Zoe App if I live outside the UK
Thank you
Thanks Professor Tim. Data I've seen that's being reported suggests it's milder, particularly in vaccinated people.
Can you control a pandemic with international air travel ? Previous pandemics Pieter out after a few years. However now today a variant is found and it has already seeded worldwide. In all cases it is spread by air travel. The present infrastructure at airports spreads the virus.
Yeah that bloody black death, nearly got us all that way
Without air travel it would still travel but much slower giving time to prepare for its arrival if and when necessary.
@@donaldevanshennings7732
Given that communication came in by the same method as the virus would travel back then I would say we are at an advantage now as news travels faster that an aircraft
@@DropdudeJohn Correct but wthout air travel communication would be so much faster than the virus travels, giving more time to react appropriately.
@@donaldevanshennings7732
Communication is instantaneous, aircraft arrive all the time, so the time between the message arriving and the virus arriving is pretty much the same with both systems, its in the moment.
Sorry when I mean both systems I mean the old sea transport days and now.
the app doesn't seem to be available in canada
That's a shame. Ask Zoe to introduce it. They have it in the US.
Thanks, Tim, as ever. You said that it would be bad news if Delta and Omicron were both circulating simultaneously (as opposed, presumably, to one of them proving supreme). Why would that be worse?
Yes, I wondered that. Not found an answer yet
Still frustrated by being locked out of the app. This happened when IOS was updated to v15 three weeks ago. Can't enter any text fields including sign in.
How did all those people manage to travel whilst being infected? Were they vaccinated and symptomless, or did they fail to do their pre-travel testing properly??
Interesting to know if all people test negative boarding a plane. On arrival how many test positive ? They must have the data.
There's a delay in infection and testing positive, as the virus has to replicate to levels high enough to be picked up by a test. So people can get infected a day or two before traveling, and not show a positive test until after they're in a new country. This is what happened to the Israeli doctor who got Omicron from the UK, then passed it to his colleague in Israel.
@@laurapaine9098 Makes a nonsense of the idea of vaccine passports then.
@@essanjay8604 not really. Vaccine passports protect those that are not vaccinated. The airlines don't want to be sued by some unvaccinated moron for getting ill on the plane.
@@HalfEatenMushroom LOL
i am not a virologist but it appears we are chasing a microscopic item that is not burning itself out we are swinging hopelessly like a punch struck boxer in round 10?
Wait for more data.
Yes, it was first detected in South Africa, but a swab taken in October in Nigeria was also found to have the variant.
Indeed SA🇿🇦 IDENTIFIED the variant. Best wishes🖖
@@BlueInk912 0:39. The identifying country was stated, the potential source was not.
@@shaunpatrick8345 thank you Shaun. 🤗
Defensive v proud makes for one pendantic Hypersensitive Saffer. Stay Safe/stay sane 👍🇿🇦
apparantly the variant came from Holland
@@BlueInk912 you didn't understand, so I had to explain. Nothing wrong on my part.
I’ve still not even had a cold in over 10 years, I’m not worried
Can you look into South American countries and talk about how and what they are using from what I hear favourably?
Isn't the point of a vaccine to. be immune support to recognise and fight a new, unfamiliar virus or infection? Boosters seem to try to do the immune system's work for it.
Surely studying immune responses to community exposure after first dose would be useful?
Doesnt make money for drug companies and interested shareholders.
Apparently we’ve had 12000 variants so far
WHO skipped the definition of this one straight to variant of concern instead of variant of interest first
Look at each definition it’s very telling
From what I have heard thus far, this new variant appears to have mild symptoms. I wonder how we define mild or moderate? For example, about eight years ago, I lost my job and health insurance, so could not get a flu shot. I ended up getting whatever strain of flu was going around at the time and the symptoms were so horrible that I truly thought I was going to die. It took me almost a month to recover, as was the case with many others in my social circle. Although I did not end up in the hospital, I did see a doctor, had a positive flu test and was given Tamiflu. My personal misery and that of my friends and colleagues certainly did not make news headlines, but I wonder if our symptoms would have been classified as mild or moderate?
go outside more
Monoclonal antibodies not much good? Here in U.S. they're saying they really help. Is your country using the same as U.S.? Please advise.
Casirivimab and imdevimab as a combination are licensed in the UK, Ronapreve (Regeneron) is licensed in the US, so they are different. I don’t know much about either but I think in the UK it’s only given to those currently who have immunodeficiency and contract covid, so it’s not authorised for use on general population. I think you’d possibly get it if you were admitted to hospital but it’s not something you’d get from your family doctor.
What was behind the comment ' Let's hope the PCR tests do get looked at and not just thrown away'?
Not sure, but in a few countries many politicians, leaders, didn't want labs to test all the covid19 rtPCR samples that were sent to them, these labs were forced to destroy the tests and give false results, to obviously, keep their reported cases much lower than what they actually were, and hopefully gain more votes and undeserved praise world-wide.
To give an example, yesterday my son and his daughter both tested positive for Covid. They have no idea which variant,. If they report that their symptoms are mild, there's no way to tell if it's due to having "mild Omicron" or if it's Delta and it's mild due to their vaccination. Maybe their strain was reported, and data will be used. But, probably not!
No. There you are carry on with your day.
We need more data......🤓🤓🤓
One of my friends took Covid. He was in touch with a friend 8 days previously. It took this time for it to actually incubate. Is this normal?
My granddaughter was diagnosed yesterday. They asked for her contacts for the previous 10 days, so presumably it can incubate for that long.
For the Delta variant the incubation period is 3 to 14 days with a mean of 5.2 days. There have been so outliers out to 21 days, but they are extremely rare.
There is NO diagnostic!!
It’s possible this variant is going through my sons class. My son is now ill and has very similar symptoms to his classmate. Started with a headache and high temperature but not extremely high. And felt tired and dizzy. Day 2 - headache and temp was gone, sore throat started and very lethargic. Day 3 - sore throat, dizziness lifted and looking much better. His friend was very similar with 2-3 days of symptoms. No loss of taste or smell, no cold, no cough, no respiratory issues. We live in South Africa.
Thankyou for this report. Hope you stay well.
Thanks for sharing. Stay well.
When talking about symptoms noticeably absent is fever, or at least elevated temperature as an early warning indicator of possible infection.
"There have been some claims that Omicron infections mean milder cases, but lags between infection and attending hospital make this difficult to assess rapidly and hospital admissions with positive tests are rising in Gauteng province. Like compounding interest, increased transmissibility means more cases generation after generation and even a reduced share going to hospital may still result in more admissions. And an extraordinarily rapid analysis indicates the risk of reinfection is substantially higher than in its first wave."
(David Spiegelhalter is chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at Cambridge. Anthony Masters is statistical ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society)
When was it isolated?? NEVER!
Are we back to square 1 ? as if it was february 2020 ?
It's what a lot of folk want!
Milder symptoms can only be a good thing, so I don’t think worrying is needed
First none peer reviewed paper out today from SA shows higher levels of re infection against natural immunity.
By a factor of 2.39!
My question is if Omicron turns out to be more mild and less deadly why does it matter if the vaccine works or not? I don't care if I catch a virus that will be gone in a few days and won't cause any harm. Shouldn't we be more patient and see the data before all of this panic?
With all due respect, you and I don't matter very much. It's when it overwhelms health systems, or lowers life expectancy rates, action happens. They don't know if it Omicron is deadly or not yet. That being said, I'd really really hate to pass this on to anyone, especially more vulnerable people. Some people make a massive effort not to pass it on. It would be wonderful if the vaccines stopped transmission again and turned the tables on the virus.
Yes we know nothing yet. What I'm trying to point out is if the virus changes and is now not dangerous it doesn't matter if it spreads. It would now be like getting the common cold. There would be no more reason to get vaccinated.
@@unatwomey7112 no, sorry we do matter very much and nearly two years in im no closer to being convinced that this is as bad as its being presented.
@@christophersmith99 I wish I could say that, unfortunately I lost 3 family members, 2 of them were 7 days apart from one another 😞
Why does C19vaccination frequency take such prominence? It does not stop spread , long Covid or risk of infection , only advanced C19 disease phase & death, Why is proof of previous C19 infection not considered as equivalent to vaccination?
Why are safe, antivirals with multiple, known mechanisms of action not used as part of C19control strategy together with vaccination?
Apparently spread by EU diplomats.
Where did you hear that?
Has anyone died from this Omicron variant as yet???
Nope. It is a weak strain, mild cold at best
Lots of people have caught the bullshit fed to them.
If the Omicron variant is already in Europe, is there really any point in placing Southern Africa on the travel red list? Surely all that can achieve is a few days delay in the inevitable spread.
Also in Canada and 1st case reported in the US as of yesterday December 2nd
No definitely not.
It's just a lesson to other countries (than china) that when you find a new variant you should keep quite or we'll stop the flights
@@MutualZebra0123 I think the situation is inevitable. The world is so connected that by the time any new variant is identified it will have travelled far. It is then too late to try to confine it. Red lists accomplish nothing.
soon nobody will be traveling except the elite , are you not paying attention to the so called climate emergency? those things our countries signed up for cannot be achieved with travel and to many humans , the deal is done lol , covid is the groundwork for your elimination or slavery
I’m not sure I want to “avoid catching omicron”. Once you’re vaccinated, if you’re young and healthy I think it’s probably approaching your duty to catch Covid and improve your own immune response. If it’s endemic, avoidance is ultimately unsustainable. There’s a finite amount of “catching it” needs to happen and I’m happy to do my bit.
I do understand your thinking and sometimes find myself thinking 'let's just all catch it and get it over with' but then what about the woman next to you on the tube who isn't young and healthy? Or who works in a care home? Or has a diabetic child?
@@zillie8167 this is a philosophical point with which everyone is wrestling. But actually, its always been there, and is in every facet of our lives as individuals in a society. If I go skiing and break a leg, and need expensive orthopedics to fix it, that robs the nhs of resources it could use to pay for someone else’s cancer treatment, all of which is restricted to some degree on the basis of funding. All you have now is a very obvious, apparently direct version of the same problem, traditionally called “economics”. My point is actually more that both our scenarios are infact inevitable….we will all get it. You will probably, at some point, accidentally sit next to the old lady. If it’s inevitable, and the costs of delay are high, delay is irrational. Nobody has yet presented any science (and actually most of what is going on isn’t science and most of the talking heads are not really scientists) that explains an alternative. All we are doing is trying to stop the tide coming in. Pro tip - he drowned.
In a perfect world, we would be only two weeks from ending this virus. All the virus needs is a willing host. In two weeks, it's dead.
And it does wallop some healthy people. It just seems kind of random who it does.
Good points made here, the exception being Alex.
@Alex Chilton if you look on the UK Govt website, there are two figures. Those whose death was determined to be FROM Covid 19, and those who had Covid 19 on their death certficate along with what was determined to be the ACTUAL cause.
I worry about omicron as much as i do about influenza. Zero.
Surely the booster jab increases cover by more than 10-20%??
We were told we were 90% Covered after 1 jab originally.
The high effectiveness was against serious disease and death and not against infection.
They lied.
The efficacy of the initial vaccine dose wanes over 6 months or so, by how much depends on the particular vaccine. Even with a 3rd or booster dose the increased percentage protection will be nullified by the Omicron variant. You will at least be protected against hospitalisation or death.
Hearing a lot about the ‘new Omicron’ variant. I’m not hearing much about the terrible Delta variant any more. Funny that.
I also listen to John Campbell, I like that he is cautiously optimistic.... But worry that he may not have been cautious enough do you have a view?
Africa reaching HERD IMMUNITY should be the worry
Thank you Tim, once again you have put my mind at rest xx
well enjoy your break from fear, until the next time...
If Omicron is so different, is it possible to have Delta and Omicron at the same time?
@@sybrandwoudstra9236 You're either joking or have no idea what you're talking about.
No. They are the same virus.
That's what the scientists are worried about. We won't know if this is possible for a couple of weeks or so, due to Omnicron's longer incubation period.
Symptoms are "unusual but mild".
Are you able to comment on the media reports of the omicron variant presenting a higher risk to under 5s?
have you not noticed that the "current" variant attacks whichever age group they want to vaccinate next? stop being thick lol
How does omicron effect the elderly?
they don't know, yet.
It does seem to be targeting younger people at present.
@@andreesmith7051 We don't really have enough data yet. The higher number of cases in young people may simply be because of higher transmissibility, combined with good vaccine (or previous infection?) protection levels in older people.
We'll probably get better data within a week or two though.
@@andreesmith7051 Perhaps because the older people are the more vaccinated?
They don't know, SA has a young demographic.
I don't like being told if I should worry or not. Just give me facts and let me make up my own mind.
Did you actually watch this rather than just looking at the title?
The facts are not fully known right now, so this film can't address them.
No shit pal.
My infection..diarrhoea..once only
Slight fever..loss of taste..slight weakness..mikd cough
Med lemon sorted it out..for me
The only thing that I can say for certain is that this virus is getting less deadly. A year ago the global case fatality rate was about 2.3 and today it's 1.99. The US Case Fatality was about 1.8 and today is 1.61. It's getting less deadly and will continue to be less deadly overtime.
Assuming your figures are correct, that doesn't necessarily suggest that the virus itself is getting less deadly (although it might). Another factor is that the number of cases is much higher now in people who are not as clinically vulnerable. You can have just as many deaths but if you also have more survivors the case fatality rate goes down. You have to consider the number of deaths as well. Plus, of course, the non-death serious outcomes which obviously only affect survivors.
@@Grim_Beard I think you might be right. Either way, I think it's time we acknowledge that we should stop panic about covid and get our heads in the game. That way we might actually find a way to treat this thing. Thus far we have been paralyzed with fear and that fear has gotten in the way of addressing the problem and saving lives. Although, I am aware that their is a school of thought that says we need to get people to panic because it might get people to take this thing seriously I don't subscribe to that point of view. In fact, I don't see any evidence that panic is getting people to take this virus more seriously. Quiet the opposite in fact. Most people when they see somebody panic will either confront that person directly and tell them to shut up or tune them out all together; which could explain why we are having a tough time getting people to take this thing seriously. Panic never works and it is the last thing we should be doing in a crisis.
@Tom Either way the case fatality rate is declining; which is a good thing. NOw if we can just stop panicking maybe we can make some progress.
@Tom Have you watch the media coverage; especially in the beginning of this thing. It was basically "The Sky is Falling" chicken littlism.
@Tom That is largely what I am referring to and I have to say: it has been a problem. It has hampered the response significantly and it has cost people their lives.
No
Is it true that deaths within the first two weeks of vaccination aren't recorded as deaths caused by vaccination?
No, stop getting "facts" from random Facebook posts
Well I never heeded the call despite having a Compromised Immune System, due topast work-place toxins!
NO is the short answer
In a word NO
Gary lineker. Footballer turned, covid investigator
The only variant to worry about is the government,
no as I'm not worried about any other variants
Could you clarify your pinned status description - do you broadcast on an official state basis, or a quasi official" one. Or on an "unofficial" or other private basis?
Also please which parties precisely fund your Study that you lead ?
And in view of the seeming political implications that have arisen could you do a piece (if not done already) on how PCR distinguishes between flu/cold symptoms and Covid, if at all?
There’s quite a bit of info you can get from their app (and probably on the Zoe website) on who funds, etc, plus a couple of email addresses which may be a good way to get your questions answered.
@@PhillipAlcock I think it is for Mr Spector to establish his credentials in his pinned bio - as I wrote initially. Otherwise I think he cannot be considered a safe source of information and analysis.
(obviously I could track down this info as you suggest but I am busy, and why would a trustworthy broadcaster not feel the requirement to supply these details on a default basis)
. I wonder how many of his audience have any more idea of his "status" than I do ?
I stopped filling in the zoe app after seeing how blatantly they were pushing plant based diets with not much scientific evidence.
I am very interested in the data about how the symptoms are in unvaccinated.
Can you please differenciate between vaccinated and unvaccinated?
I have covid , my booster jab is in 8 days ...should I have my booster so close to having covid..
Talk to your doctor. The general advice has been wait for at least 30 days after recovering before being vaccinated, some doctors have recommended 90 days,
No you should wait at least a month after you have recovered.
No! Do your research. Plus, why do you need a booster? covid was your booster! Now you have immunity to the whole virus not just hte spike. Congratulations!
At 35, in perfect physical health, I am worried about my mental health at this point rather than covid
Maybe it’s about more than just you.
Lucky you
@@amiesparkle00 Deteriorating mental health in the pandemic is an issue. The original comment was crass and selfish but mental illness is now an increasing problem.
Speak to your doctor about being referred to speak to someone. Last year I did silver cloud which is an online course and this year I’m having over the phone counceling sessions which my employer is actually paying for (which is amazing and I appreciate very few employers would do that).
Ask your doctor what’s available in your area and make sure you have your own support network of friends/family to meet regularly and go for a walk or FaceTime with you.
@@amiesparkle00 if you have a community spirit then try being more compassionate towards the needs of individuals. Everyone’s situation is different.
I am worried more abt my new mobile which I ordered on blackfriday deal still haven't received 😆
"Should I worry about ......?". Absolutely, government modelers and health experts have determined that worrying is over 95% effective in preventing bad things from happening. Trust the science.
NO
Does "more transmissable" translate into how quickly and severely people get ill, which influences how many people are carrying it into their communities?
Not really, incubation time appears to be longer for Omicron, but more people have natural resistance or have been vaccinated, so a direct comparison with the Delta variant is difficult.
"More transmissable" means that more people will get infected if/when exposed, which means that at least a few more (than with Delta) will get severely ill. Other than that, there isn't any information yet to compare how much more (or less?) ill people might get from omicron vs Delta. Delta turned out to cause something like twice as many deaths and hospitalizations (per infection) as the original version, simply because it seemed to infect more cells in the human body, for a higher overall viral load in each infected person. In that sense, there is a risk that if omicron is more transmissible/infectious, it might also cause a higher viral load than delta (infecting more cells in each person before it can be fought off), and subsequently be more serious too - but there isn't any data yet. If it somehow doesn't trigger the inflammatory process the same way, it might be much milder and less serious than delta.
Other than that, we don't have enough data yet about speed of infection either, or how rapidly people would get sick after exposure. Remember that a delayed onset of symptoms (longer incubation period) can actually be worse than a rapid onset, because it means that more people would be spreading the disease without realizing their infected status. This is why AIDS has killed 36 million people so far over the past four decades (while Covid19 has killed just over 5 million or so, officially).
@@davidbarry6900 It's also quite possible that if Omicron gives milder symptoms, it will spread more easily by patients not isolating because they don't realise they have the virus.
Nah, worries weakens your immune system.
Er - no!
Isn't there an interest in the vaccine makers to keep this thing going?
This morning on TV the boss of one of the big companies said they could tweak the current vacine to suit this variant at great cost to the government. What happened at the start of the pandemic when one big pharma company said they would produce and distribute vacine at cost?
Of course, why would you want the keep the gift that keeps on giving to come to an end, biggest transfer of money from the poor to the rich during this pandemic, why would they want that to end, stay scared, be afraid, and give them your money and your future
They are now looking at increasing prices to richer countries after seeing no other companies followed their example.
NAH! Job done
If Ivermectin hadnt been suppressed we wouldnt be in the mess and fear state we are in now.
Universities need to state who funds them and how much they get from drug companies and Foundations.
What do University college receive funding from?
How would Ivermectin prevent new strains?
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Should I worry about Omicron? I never worried about Covid 19 nor the Delta variant, I’m certainly NOT worry about Omicron! However, I’ve ALWAY’S been worried about fearful human reactions to it!
@bamboo zooka Sadly I do! Thank you for your comment, hope you and your family stay well.✨🙏✨
So, in fact, you are saying we know almost nothing about Omicron
Prevention is better than a cure. Seems the World has forgotten this.
I feel it is unhelpful to include HIV directly in this report - immuno-compromised would have sufficed. This is not helping with the language or stigma around HIV. It is helpful to see the process, but please take care with maintaining stigmatic language.
Agree. Could say immunocomprimised and say that HIV is an example of that