Doctor Who Helped Discover Omicron Says She Was Pressured Not to Reveal It’s Mild

Doctor Who Helped Discover Omicron Says She Was Pressured Not to Reveal It’s Mild
A medic collects a swab sample from an Israeli border guard at a COVID-19 drive-through testing site in a file photo. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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The doctor who helped discover the Omicron COVID-19 variant claimed that she was pressured by several government officials not to reveal that it was a milder strain.

Speaking to Germany’s Welt newspaper, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, who is currently the head of the South African Medical Association, said that during discussions with European officials, she was told not to say that Omicron patients presented milder symptoms than prior COVID-19 variants.
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