Interesting Confession from the Doctor Who Discovered the Omicron Variant

South African doctor Angelique Coetzee, who discovered the coronavirus variant named Omicron, announced that she was accused of lying because she said that the disease was mild. According to the doctor's claim, health authorities and politicians called him and asked him to say that the disease was severe.

The coronavirus pandemic, which has been in our lives since 2019, has come to a completely different dimension due to the variant called omicron. So much so that the number of cases is constantly breaking new records, but when we compare these numbers with the previous years, we witness that the disease has become almost ordinary. Although it is unknown whether the Omicron variant will end the disease as it is said, some statements on the subject are of the type that may raise a question mark in your mind against the disease.

The name that made statements about the variant believed to end the pandemic was South African doctor Angelique Coetzee. Coetzee is also important because he was the first to discover the variant. Speaking to the British newspaper Daily Telegraph, Coetzee made an important confession about the variant he discovered. "There has been pressure from politicians and scientists around the world to say that the disease looks much worse than it is. I was asked not to describe the Omicron variant as mild," the doctor said. she said.

"It is not possible for a disease with 38 mutations to be mild"

Angelique Coetzee says the disease is still dangerous for unvaccinated individuals. However, the scientist, who stated that he determined that the variant was mildly effective in the first determinations he made, says that he could not convince himself because some sections thought that a disease with 38 mutations was not likely to be mild. Coetzee was even accused of underestimating the disease and lying because he said the variant was mildly effective.

Dr. In the statements made by Angelique Coetzee, the following statements were included: "Scientists and politicians who are not in South Africa contacted me and said that this disease is a very serious disease, and they criticized and attacked me for saying that the disease was mild. In South Africa, this is a mild disease. but the politicians wanted me to say that this is a very serious disease. European politicians and scientists said, 'Please tell me this is not a mild disease.'"