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> Among the 81 cases, the most common symptoms were cough (83%), followed by runny/stuffy nose (78%), fatigue/lethargy (74%), sore throat (72%), headache (68%)
by nverno 5y ago
> Among the 81 cases, the most common symptoms were cough (83%), followed by runny/stuffy nose (78%), fatigue/lethargy (74%), sore throat (72%), headache (68%) and fever (54%)
Sounds like the symptoms of a typical cold. I guess most of us will get this one in the next year or two, oh well. Interesting case study, though- I find these analyses of outbreaks in common situations to be the most useful information about this stuff.
- headsoup 5y agoAnd no one of course goes to hospital from a cold (sarcasm), but if a few do from Omicron it'll be code red again and off we go. If Omicron is a fizzer and with Trump out of office what are the media going to do to keep bringing in all those precious views?
- flipbrad 5y agoN is low; average age under 40; and probably fairly fit and healthy relative to wider population (it was a workplace party). Also, this was in Oslo, so potentially not tremendously ethnically diverse either. Seeing low hospitalisation in a setting like this might be expected whatever the covid variant - I think it's somewhat dangerous to try and learn about Omicron severity from a study like this.
- roenxi 5y agoIt is far too early to say. The symptoms of COVID also sound like a pretty typical cold until the body count starts to overwhelm the hospital system. I'd at least wait until this cohort have recovered and have a confirmed average illness duration before drawing conclusions.