According to an interview with Germany's Welt, Angelique Coetzee, the doctor who identified the Omicron Covid-19 strain, was persuaded by European governments not to mention that it had a benign appearance.

"I was warned not to declare publicly that it was a slight sickness," Coetzee said when asked if it was true. I've been told to keep my mouth shut and to emphasize that this is a terrible condition. "I said no." (translated).

Welt said, "What does that mean?"

"As a doctor, there are no signs that we are dealing with a life-threatening condition based on the clinical picture." The majority of the route is gentle. I'm not implying that if you're mild, you won't get sick.

"A serious illness is one in which we see acute pulmonary respiratory infections: people need oxygen, possibly even artificial respiration," she said, adding that "the definition of mild Covid-19 disease is clear, and it is a WHO definition: patients can be treated at home and oxygen or hospitalization is not required." That was the case with Delta, but not so much with Omikron. "I can't express it like that because that's not what we're witnessing," I told folks.

"They tried, but they didn't make it," Coetzee responded when asked why she was stopped from speaking the truth.

"I commented at one time – because I was tired of it – that this is a slight sickness in South Africa, but it is a very serious condition in Europe." That's exactly what your legislators wanted to hear."

Coetzee claims she was not forced by South African authorities, but rather by experts in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, who questioned, "How can you explain that it's a minor disease?" It's a serious condition. Take a look at the changes."

They've been disoriented as a result of my reports. In a pandemic, it's equally important to consider what's going on at the local level. General practitioners who treat sick people on a daily basis should be asked about their experiences and how the clinical picture appears. -Welt

"The things that we don't know right now are whether the folks who do become infected have a severer version of the disease, whether it's a mild disease or somewhat the same as delta," Dr. Anthony Fauci said after complimenting South African physicians when Omicron initially surfaced.

Remember what CNN's resident lockdown aficionado Leana Wen said about Omicron in November?

Once again, follow the science until it contradicts current health recommendations.