# Science reveals less severe omicron disease

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-07-11T10:30:00+00:00
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Omicron symptoms, Headache, Fatigue, Runny nose, Sore throat, Sneezing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7ISb-ReAo https://covid.joinzoe.com Fever, cough, anosmia less common Headache, 65% Fatigue, 65% Runny nose, 65% Sore throat, 57% Sneezing, 55% The Australia experiment https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australia-push-ahead-with-reopening-amid-record-covid-19-cases-2022-01-03/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The%20Reuters%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=3-1-21&utm_campaign=3-1-21 Record infections Plans to reopen economy Prime Minister Scott Morrison We have to stop thinking about case numbers and think about serious illness, living with the virus, managing our own health and ensuring that we're monitoring those symptoms and we keep our economy going https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/03/all-of-us-are-going-to-be-exposed-to-omicron-queensland-chief-health-officer-warns Queensland, chief health officer, Dr John Gerrard Omicron, peak at very large numbers in late January or early February We are expecting in the next few weeks very substantial numbers of people are going to be infected I think we just have to assume that all of us are going to be exposed in the next few weeks we can expect very large numbers of cases and in the majority of cases, the vast majority of cases, the symptoms will be mild So clearly the vaccine is working Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk What we’re doing is telling people to go and get vaccinated. We have … given every Queenslander in this state the opportunity to get vaccinated I’m now urging people in those Indigenous communities to ignore those social media posts and immediately go and get your vaccination SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replication in human resp…

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