South African Doc Who Discovered Omicron Variant Says the ‘Hype’ Is Unwarranted – Opinion

Hard left may have trouble using Omicron’s newly discovered variant to fearmonger. One top physician warned against exaggerating the dangers of the COVID-19 mutation shortly after its discovery.

Dr. Angelique Coetzee, National Chair of the South African Medical Association, and also one of those who discovered the Omicron variant early on, called the US’s travel bans “hasty,” as we reported Saturday. Then she told Reuters Sunday that “the hype” that’s been concocted about the variant is not warranted. Coetzee relayed that in one of the “biggest hospitals” in South Africa, only one COVID-positive patient is on a ventilator and that it hasn’t been confirmed that Omicron is the issue:

“The hype that’s been created currently out there in the media and worldwide doesn’t correlate with the clinical picture. And it doesn’t warrant to just cut us off from any traveling, and bans South Africa as if we are the villains in the whole process — should not be like that.”

She explained that based on the mild symptoms they’re seeing, “there’s no reason for panicking, as we don’t see severely ill patients.”

Dr. Added:

“I also checked with the hospital, some of the hospitals in my area, and one of the biggest hospitals they only have one patient currently that’s COVID-positive on a ventilator, and they don’t even know whether it’s COVID — you know, it’s Delta- or whether it is Omicron-related.”

Newsmax reported:

Reports about the new variant led to several European countries (including the United Kingdom) imposing travel bans against southern African countries. A ban South Africa strongly contests. Travel from South Africa has been banned by the United States of America and certain Asian countries since Friday.

Reuters also published another piece in which Coetzee described the symptoms among seven patients at her clinic who had the Omicron variant as “very mild.” She also indicated they could be treated at home.

The doctor said one of her patients reported being “extremely fatigued” for two days and experiencing body aches and a headache.

“Symptoms at that stage was very much related to normal viral infection. And because we haven’t seen COVID-19 for the past eight to 10 weeks, we decided to test,” Coetzee said, noting that the patient ended up testing positive for the disease.

She said after more patients came to her clinic experiencing similar symptoms, she realized there was “something else going on” and has seen about two to three patients daily.

“We have seen a lot of Delta patients during the third wave. And this doesn’t fit in the clinical picture,” she explained. She added:

“Most of them are seeing very, very mild symptoms and none of them so far have admitted patients to surgeries. We have been able to treat these patients conservatively at home.”

The Omicron variant does not cause loss of taste or smell. Those with the Omicron variant also do not have a “major drop in oxygen levels,” according to Reuters.

It sounds good, doesn’t it?

Omicron seems less deadly than Delta, according to some reports. The Omicron variant was celebrated by a majority of Left-leaning activists media outlets, who rushed to airwaves to cheer it on. Coetzee was praised for her calm approach.

Don’t look out your window to see if pigs are flying – because that was 100% Grade A sarcasm.

Of course, the activist media isn’t reporting on this en masse. As of this writing, only CNBC, the Telegraph, and the Independent have reported on Coetzee’s remarks. We shouldn’t expect the likes of CNN, CNBC, The New York Times Or The Washington Post to inform their audiences of this information because that would be counterproductive to their “convince everyone they’re all going to die” agenda.

The only way the media might possibly decide to take a more honest, measured approach is if the majority of top medical professionals echo Coetzee’s remarks. We know this is unlikely to be the case. The activist media will still attempt to hide it even if this happened. Another example of the fact that we must never forget is their desire to make you fearful at any cost.