Omicron, Common cold symptoms

the medical people I interact with at the hospital are far more optimistic than I've seen them since this all began in April last year https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ Nobody want's to tempt fate or speak to loudly just yet ,,,its like walking on egg shells at the moment – But there are open beds and they're not filling up just yet - in fact there are 2 more beds now than last weekend. Kind regards, Claire Dr. Anthony Fauci https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/omicron-five-times-more-likely-reinfect-than-delta-study-says-2021-12-17/ When you have a larger number of people getting infected, the total amount of hospitalizations is going to be more. That's just simple math Omicron and cold-like symptoms rapidly taking over in London https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/omicron-and-cold-like-symptoms-rapidly-taking-over-in-london Data up to 11th December 2021 https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/omicron-and-cold-like-symptoms-rapidly-taking-over-in-london In people with at least two doses in the UK Currently 27,000 new daily symptomatic cases An increase of 6% from 25,411 new daily cases last week London is currently seeing a rapid rise in positive cases Driven by omicron Prevalence in the UK One in 57 currently have symptomatic COVID ZOE’s predicted Long COVID incidence rate 1,418 people a day will go on to experience symptoms for longer than 12 weeks Omicron symptoms Initial analysis of symptom data from positive cases in London To compare Delta and Omicron symptoms London data was selected from a week in October With the most recent week ending 10th December This initial analysis found no clear differences in the early symptoms (3 days after test) between Delta and Omicron. The top five symptoms reported in the ZOE app runny nose headache fatigue (either mild or severe) sneezing sore throat SA Patients presentations Blocked or runny nose Headache Tiredness Scratchy or sore throat Body aches NHS official symptoms https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/ The main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are: a high temperature a new, continuous cough a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste Professor Tim Spector Omicron is set to be the dominant strain in the UK by Christmas, and in the New Year cases could hit a peak higher than anything we’ve ever seen before. Hopefully people now recognise the cold-like symptoms which appear to be the predominant feature of Omicron. Ahead of Christmas, if people want to get together and keep vulnerable family members safe, I’d recommend limiting social contact in the run up to Christmas, and doing a few Lateral Flow Tests just before the big family gathering.