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Good news, BA 2 milder than BA 1
Symptoms, Runny nose, 83% Fatigue, 72% Sore throat, 68% Sneezing, 69%
Headache, 68%
Persistent cough, 57%
Hoarse, 49%
Chills or shivers, 37%
Joint pains, 35%
Dizzy, 32%
Fever, 32%
Brain fog, 29%
Sore eyes, 27%
Altered smell, 26%
Muscle pains 23%
Lower back pain, 24%
Swollen glands, 21%
Skipped meals, 19%
Ear ringing, (Tinnitus) 19%
Diarrhoea
Interesting research project on John's channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puZTzlrZF6c&t=103s
UK symptom study
https://covid.joinzoe.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvcvNRXmlrA
Rates of decline slowing, down 8% on past week
Signs of leveling off
BA.1 and BA.2 symptoms
UK, 94% BA.2
Comparing last 3 months with previous 3 months
BA.2 less severe disease than BA.1
BA.2 lower rates of hospitalisation, about half as many
BA.2 more symptoms, but milder
More people with more than 5 symptoms, about 50% more
More common with BA.2 than BA.1
Runny nose
Delirium
Loss of smell
Rash
Sneezing
Hoarse voice
Swollen glands
Red welts on face or lips
Dizzy, light headed
Persistent cough
Brain fog
Skipped meals
Fever
Ear ringing
Altered smell
Sore throat
Chills or shivers
Diarrhoea
More common with BA.1 than BA.2
Abdominal pain
Hair loss
Headache
China
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/wor....ld-asia-china-614040
Shanghai
Further restrict access to food and hospitals in some parts of the city
Access to hospitals must first be approved
Only permitting government food deliveries
Neighbours of Covid-19 cases, forced into government quarantine facilities, even if testing negative
Seventh week of city-wide restrictions
Have not reached "societal zero"
Extreme disinfection, inside homes
"closed loop management" employees have to live at work
President Xi Jinping re-iterated his commitment to "zero-Covid"
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
When we talk about zero-Covid, we don't think that it's sustainable, considering the behaviour of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future
(now blocked)
South Africa
Signs BA.4 and BA.5 may be reinfecting those recovered from BA.1
North Korea
Population 25 million
All unvaccinated
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