South African medical association says Omicron variant causes ‘mild disease.’

The WHO says this may be because of where the early infections were noticed, and that we&#x27;ll need some more time to know for sure.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yahoo.com&#x2F;now&#x2F;u-k-buying-time-mideast-111736790.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yahoo.com&#x2F;now&#x2F;u-k-buying-time-mideast-111736790....</a><p>&gt; The initial reported infections were among university students, WHO said, adding that younger patients tend to have milder symptoms.<p>&gt; “Understanding the level of severity of the omicron variant will take days to several weeks,” WHO said in a statement, adding that “there is currently no information to suggest that symptoms associated with omicron are different from those from other variants.”<p>Keep your fingers crossed that it holds. A rapidly spreading milder variant would be a bit of a godsend.

Isn&#x27;t this how epidemics normally end? A mild but very infectious variant becomes dominant, as part of the disease fading into the background à la the flu?

“It presents mild disease with symptoms being sore muscles and tiredness for a day or two not feeling well. So far, we have detected that those infected do not suffer loss of taste or smell. They might have a slight cough. There are no prominent symptoms. Of those infected some are currently being treated at home.”<p>Plus: “The official noted that hospitals have not been overburdened by Omicron patients and that the new strain is not been detected in vaccinated persons.”

It is <i>far too early</i> to tell whether this variant is better or worse.

So it is like a natural vaccine that spreads itself to everyone for free?