Shaun of the SGT Report:
Is omicron more deadly or dangerous than COVID 19? Should we be very afraid of these variants?

Dr Lee Vliet:
Omicron is a milder respiratory virus. In fact, those who have analysed the genetic sequence of omicron compared to the original Wuhan sequence that came out in January-February 2020 have shown that it has so many differences that it may not even be in the same category. It is more similar to the coronaviruses that have always caused the common cold. So omicron is a mild illness. And the problem with omicron is that people are panicked about it and they are not also preparing to do the simple things that could get them through it. If you think of it as not any worse than a bad cold, you would normally be taking zinc and vitamin D and vitamin C and drinking lots of fluid, N-acetylcysteine, cortisone. These supplements over the counter are things we use for viral illnesses all the time. People can do that. There are also prescription medicines: hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, doxycyclin, erythromycin, clarithromycin, clindamycin. And there are anti-inflammatories budesonide as a nebuliser, oral corticosteroids, blood clot prevention, like aspirin, for example. All of these things can be brought to bear in the first three days of symptoms, and people can get through it, stay out of the hospital, and they don’t risk death. I treat high-risk patients. We use that algorithm and that combination. And I’ve been very fortunate that I get my patients treated early. No one’s gone in the hospital; no one has died in the last two years. So it’s possible to do even with high-risk patients. I’ve got some diabetics and asthmatics that were really sick, but with the proper medication quickly, we keep them out of the hospital. And people are not getting prepared to do that. People cannot wait until you’re ten days into this illness and expect to get rapid, easy treatment. That’s when they start having trouble breathing and go to the hospital, and then they get put on the toxic – basically a death – protocol of Remdesivir, ventilators. And the death rate goes through the roof.

Shaun of the SGT Report: