# Omicron rise in Norway

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-06-23T17:30:00+00:00
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Link to free download of my 2 textbooks http://159.69.48.3/ Louise Restaurant and Bar, night of 26th November https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/07/europes-biggest-omicron-outbreak-appears-mild-say-norway-covid/ Oslo, Norway, Christmas party Scatec solar power company One or two returned traveller Had returned days earlier 120 people (all double vaccinated) Mingled with outside groups later 70 of the 120 plus 50 others tested positive Half tested positive for omicron 13 proven in sequencing Dr. Tine Ravlo, Oslo, infectious diseases They have symptoms like fever, cough, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, but for now none of them have become severely ill and none of them have been treated in hospital The next day, one of two employees, recently returned from South Africa tested positive Norway's state epidemiologist, Frode Forland Sheer number of people infected at a single event, omicron considerably more infectious than delta Prof Forland, Norwegian Institute of Public Health One of three scenarios for omicron, it would be both very mild and very transmissible That is the hope That is the best scenario we can have That it's getting minder, most people will get it, and they will get a natural immunity It might be that it has now replicated and mutated so many times, that this is the optimal position from the virus' point of view, to spread widely and not kill the hosts That's what we've seen with other diseases beforehand. And of course, then it gets into more like an endemic phase Now this is not the end Nor is it the end of the beginning Rather it is the beginning of the end Sally I've had Delta, this time last year (pretty rough, took 6 months to fully recover) and I have Omicron now. The symptoms of Omicron are as you state. I am vaccinated. Helgard Living…

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