On another thread I’ve read a few posters say “omricon is mild” I don’t think they’ve actually had it themselves and are just going by what they’ve heard on social media etc.
I too was under the impression that it was a milder strain. I know a fair few family members/friends who had the delta or Kent variants. All had very minimal symptoms. Most were just tired. No fevers, coughs, aches pains etc. My DH also had covid in June 2020 and had zero symptoms.
5 days ago my sister in law and all her family have come down with what we assume is omricon (dominant variant in the area and also incubation period is considerably shorter than other strains which is the case for omricon apparently)
However, my sis in law is completely floored with it. She has a fever, body aches, sore throat, cough, sore chest, splitting headache, fatigue, sickness. Most of her family members (including young kids) have the identical symptoms. How is this “mild”? Compared to the other variants it sounds horrendous. When people say it’s mild, do they mean in terms of death/hospitalisation rates?
What is the experience of others? How did you feel?