“I have seen places where the entire department is positive.” Tanmay Motiwala from AIIMS is one of countless doctors who have tested Covid-positive recently. He told Brut why Omicron should not be categorised as mild.
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00:00Let's not take Omicron lightly.
00:07I had a mild fever but then there was profound
00:10body ache and weakness which was there. So I isolated myself on the same day.
00:18During this wave, I see a lot of doctors being hit already.
00:22Then who will be there to serve the patients?
00:30Since the caseload is pretty high, we are not doing a genome sequencing here.
00:36It's not about the number of cases or the positivity rate or the death rate or the
01:04hospitalization rate. You need to understand that if someone in the family who is at high risk
01:11catches this, then it can be equally dangerous for that person.
01:18The lower respected tract symptoms are slightly lower as compared to what it was in the Delta
01:23variant. But trust me, lots of people are facing much difficulty in the day one itself. They are
01:30fever, vomiting. The body ache is unbearable for lots of people.
01:43There are patients who are still lined up for surgery who still need a medical consultation
01:47but they won't be able to do so because the doctors are getting affected. I have seen
01:52at places the entire department is positive. So no one has left.
02:01The good thing till now has been that the hospitalization rates are comparatively lesser.
02:07Most of the people who are coming in are either having a single dose of vaccine or are not
02:11vaccinated. The real hero is the one who is sitting at home who is not going out.
02:28Be the hero of your house.