Covid: 5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’
Significant fever, body aches, swollen lymph nodes, sore throats and heavy congestion are often reported even in milder cases of Omicron variant, Murphy said, leaving people debilitated for days.
However, even people without any underlying health conditions can get severely ill, Murphy said. “I have a vaccinated, boosted patient right now — over 65 with no underlying risk factors — who is in the hospital and doing poorly.” “But that doesn’t mean that it can’t be a severe illness,” Offit added. “It’s just less severe. But you don’t have a 0% chance of dying. You should never want to get infected.” has become a more common symptom in mild cases of Covid-19. Studies show some 80% of people recover the ability within a month or so, but others still can’t smell or taste after six months or more. An unfortunate few may never regain those two senses.
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