Omicron (Xi variant) pioneer Dr. Angelique Coetzee was pressured to exaggerate its severity.
Dr. Angelique Coetzee, among the first to identify the milder new Covid variant, reveals to how she was pressured to overstate the danger.
The South African doctor who discovered the Omicron (Xi) variant has hit back at authorities for pressuring her to say the weakest strain of the Chinese disease was more serious than it is.
Soon after identifying the new strain Dr Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, said that for most patients in her country Omicron was likely to cause “mild” symptoms including fatigue and scratchy throat
“Because of all of Covid’s mutations, all of these scientists and politicians who aren’t from South Africa were contacting me telling me I was wrong when I spoke out, that it was a serious disease. They were telling me I had no idea what I was talking about. They kept attacking me,” Dr. Coetzee said.
Dr. Coetzee’s initial judgment about Omicron’s impact has been largely borne out.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/coronavirus/omicron-pioneer-dr-angelique-coetzee-pressured-by-world-powers-to-exaggerate-its-seriousness/news-story/
Is anyone surprised?
