EPISODE · Jul 6, 2026 · 34 MIN
Omicron rise in Norway
from Dr. John Campbell · host Campbellteaching
Link to free download of my 2 textbooks http://159.69.48.3/ Louise Restaurant and Bar, night of 26th November https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/07/europes-biggest-omicron-outbreak-appears-mild-say-norway-covid/ Oslo, Norway, Christmas party Scatec solar power company One or two returned traveller Had returned days earlier 120 people (all double vaccinated) Mingled with outside groups later 70 of the 120 plus 50 others tested positive Half tested positive for omicron 13 proven in sequencing Dr. Tine Ravlo, Oslo, infectious diseases They have symptoms like fever, cough, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, but for now none of them have become severely ill and none of them have been treated in hospital The next day, one of two employees, recently returned from South Africa tested positive Norway's state epidemiologist, Frode Forland Sheer number of people infected at a single event, omicron considerably more infectious than delta Prof Forland, Norwegian Institute of Public Health One of three scenarios for omicron, it would be both very mild and very transmissible That is the hope That is the best scenario we can have That it's getting minder, most people will get it, and they will get a natural immunity It might be that it has now replicated and mutated so many times, that this is the optimal position from the virus' point of view, to spread widely and not kill the hosts That's what we've seen with other diseases beforehand. And of course, then it gets into more like an endemic phase Now this is not the end Nor is it the end of the beginning Rather it is the beginning of the end Sally I've had Delta, this time last year (pretty rough, took 6 months to fully recover) and I have Omicron now. The symptoms of Omicron are as you state. I am vaccinated. Helgard Living in SA (Gauteng) and have tested (+) 2 days ago, The symptoms is 100% correct as stated. Also after 1st symptoms, 3 days after i don't even know that i was sick. Body and muscle aches and pains Headache Tiredness (1 to 2 days) Slight sore throat No severe cough No runny nose Graph refs https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus SA. 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/ South Africa references https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/sars-cov-2-genomic-surveillance-update/ Weekly deaths in SA https://www.samrc.ac.za/reports/report-weekly-deaths-south-africa Variants in SA https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ Sir Patrick Vallance from pandemic to endemic where this becomes a more regular infection like flu over time This virus has mutated a lot, quickly and that is sort of what you would expect at this stage the good news is that, so far, it looks as though when you get very high antibody levels with the booster vaccine it's definitely having some effect against it in the laboratory studies Boris Johnson Work-from-home from Monday Facemasks will be enforced in public venues Covid passes mandatory for nightclubs Daily testing instead of isolation for omicron contacts First plant-based coronavirus vaccine CoVLP (20 years of R and D) https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/medicago-and-gsk-announce-positive-phase-3-efficacy-and-safety-results/ GlaxoSmithKline and Medicago Primary endpoints and secondary endpoints met in trial dominated by COVID-19 variants Efficacy demonstrated against all variants seen in the study, including 75.3% efficacy against COVID-19 of any severity caused by Delta variant Vaccine candidate was well-tolerated, with no related serious adverse events reported in the vaccine group 24,000 adults across six countries Phase 3 placebo-controlled efficacy study Canada Medicago’s p Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Link to free download of my 2 textbooks http://159.69.48.3/ Louise Restaurant and Bar, night of 26th November https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/07/europes-biggest-omicron-outbreak-appears-mild-say-norway-covid/ Oslo, Norway, Christmas party Scatec solar power company One or two returned traveller Had returned days earlier 120 people (all double vaccinated) Mingled with outside groups later 70 of the 120 plus 50 others tested positive Half tested positive for omicron 13 proven in sequencing Dr. Tine Ravlo, Oslo, infectious diseases They have symptoms like fever, cough, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, but for now none of them have become severely ill and none of them have been treated in hospital The next day, one of two employees, recently returned from South Africa tested positive Norway's state epidemiologist, Frode Forland Sheer number of people infected at a single event, omicron considerably more infectious than delta Prof Forland, Norwegian Institute of Public Health One of three scenarios for omicron, it would be both very mild and very transmissible That is the hope That is the best scenario we can have That it's getting minder, most people will get it, and they will get a natural immunity It might be that it has now replicated and mutated so many times, that this is the optimal position from the virus' point of view, to spread widely and not kill the hosts That's what we've seen with other diseases beforehand. And of course, then it gets into more like an endemic phase Now this is not the end Nor is it the end of the beginning Rather it is the beginning of the end Sally I've had Delta, this time last year (pretty rough, took 6 months to fully recover) and I have Omicron now. The symptoms of Omicron are as you state. I am vaccinated. Helgard Living in SA (Gauteng) and have tested (+) 2 days ago, The symptoms is 100% correct as stated. Also after 1st symptoms, 3 days after i don't even know that i was sick. Body and muscle aches and pains Headache Tiredness (1 to 2 days) Slight sore throat No severe cough No runny nose Graph refs https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus SA. 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/ South Africa references https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/sars-cov-2-genomic-surveillance-update/ Weekly deaths in SA https://www.samrc.ac.za/reports/report-weekly-deaths-south-africa Variants in SA https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ Sir Patrick Vallance from pandemic to endemic where this becomes a more regular infection like flu over time This virus has mutated a lot, quickly and that is sort of what you would expect at this stage the good news is that, so far, it looks as though when you get very high antibody levels with the booster vaccine it's definitely having some effect against it in the laboratory studies Boris Johnson Work-from-home from Monday Facemasks will be enforced in public venues Covid passes mandatory for nightclubs Daily testing instead of isolation for omicron contacts First plant-based coronavirus vaccine CoVLP (20 years of R and D) https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/medicago-and-gsk-announce-positive-phase-3-efficacy-and-safety-results/ GlaxoSmithKline and Medicago Primary endpoints and secondary endpoints met in trial dominated by COVID-19 variants Efficacy demonstrated against all variants seen in the study, including 75.3% efficacy against COVID-19 of any severity caused by Delta variant Vaccine candidate was well-tolerated, with no related serious adverse events reported in the vaccine group 24,000 adults across six countries Phase 3 placebo-controlled efficacy study Canada Medicago’s p Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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