# Omicron, half of regular colds

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-07-27T11:50:00+00:00
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Half of people in the UK with a common cold have a covid cold Check out Wefwafwa's channel for more about our community health work in Uganda, https://www.youtube.com/c/WefwafwaAndrew ONS, 13th December 2021 to 19th December 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/24december2021 England Percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), 2.83% 1,544,600 people in England had COVID-19 One in 35 people London 1 in 20 people had COVID-19 Wales, One in 45 Northern Ireland, one in 40 Scotland, one 65 people SA data https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ SA hospital data https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ UK data https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview Tim Spector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGC310hPoI&t=142s Omicron, similar cold type symptoms to delta in the first few days Omicron cases have less anosmia Fever is less common Having 5 or more symptoms less common with omicron than delta More breakthrough infections with delta, after 2 or 3 doses of vaccine Common colds less transmissible than omicron just now One in two chance common cold symptoms will test positive for covid Therefore, test for colds Avoid people who have a cold Pings are now too slow to be effective Omicron onset, 2 days rather than 5 for delta Omicron will run its course faster, all over in 4 or 5 days Infection risk after 8 days in negligible IOM, back to work when symptoms resolve and 2 lateral flow tests From 17,000 omicron cases https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/the-20-symptoms-of-covid-19-to…

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