Omicron, symptom progression
June 10, 2026
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Dr John Campbell Episodes Around June 10, 2026
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27:06This episodeOmicron, symptom progression
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Link for free download of John's two text books, http://159.69.48.3/
Campbell's Pathophysiology Notes, Amazon orders for the UK, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012HWC8SU/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_AYC5Q7G3H2B3T4BCHQY0
Campbell's Physiology Notes
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955379725/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_K0MXMAP26Y77TY4J90FB
Omicron, clinical picture (7th December)
Dr Angelique Coetzee, South African Medical Association
First to raise alarm about the new omicron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtELl7-zE_w
Totally different symptoms
Can be easily missed
Body aches and pains
Muscle pains
Headache
Tiredness (1 to 2 days)
Slight sore throat
No severe cough
No runny nose
Decrease in patients coming to doctors
South Africa vaccines
Pfizer
J and J
Hospitalizations, 99% unvaccinated
Symptoms more intense in unvaccinated
More intense but not severe
Body aches and pains
Muscle pains
Headache
Lateral flow testing and Omicron
Becomes positive after 24 hours up to 5 days
Very accurate
Omicron prevalence in SA
https://www.nicd.ac.za
Ref for graphics (3rd December data)
https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Update-of-SA-sequencing-data-from-GISAID-3-Dec-21-Final.pdf
SGTF has increased from 0.9% in October to 96.3% for November.
Children under the age of 12 years accounted for 7.9% of the SGTF positives,
and those 13 – 18 years old for 6.1%.
For week 47,
Hospital data from SA
https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NICD-COVID-19-Daily-Sentinel-Hospital-Surveillance-report-National-20211206.pdf
Live data, hospital patients who have tested positive
https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/
Omicron and common cold
https://osf.io/f7txy/
Omicron has insertion mutation ins214EPE
(From the common cold, HCoV-229E coronavirus)
Could have been acquired by switching
Involving the genomes of other viruses that infect the same host cells as SARS-CoV-2
It is plausible that the Omicron insertion
could have evolved in a co-infected individual
PFIZER AND BIONTECH PROVIDE UPDATE ON OMICRON VARIANT