# Omicron in London and New York

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-07-12T20:30:00+00:00
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Gap between first symptoms and possible complications is only 9 to 10 days with omicron https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/12/25/dodgy-data-used-push-tighter-covid-restrictions/ Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive, UK Health Security Agency Seems to have advised Sajid Javid, typically 17-day lag Office for National Statistics (ONS), average delay of nine or 10 days probably the most significant threat we’ve had since the start of the pandemic 50 – 70% less likely to be hospitalised React, 23 November to 14 December 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/latest-react-1-findings-show-omicron-infections-rising-fast-while-highlighting-success-of-vaccination-programmes (round 16 of the study) Detected 11 cases of Omicron up to and including 11th December US, Health and Human Services https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-utilization ONS summary https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights 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://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk UK Total cases per day, 122,185 Omicron cases %, 71% to 93% Hospital patients, 8,240 Omicron hospital patients, 366 Covid deaths, 137 (887 last 7 days) Total omicron deaths, 29 London https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/one-10-londoners-likely-infected-with-covid-ons-models-2021-12-24/ One in 10 currently infected Report 50 - Hospitalisation risk for Omicron cases in England https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-in…

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