Top 3 COVID-19 Omicron Symptoms Revealed After Study Of Christmas Party Outbreak

A new study on the highly mutated Omicron variant has found three new symptoms for the COVID-19 strain.

In the survey published on Eurosurveillance, at least 58% of participants who were infected with the Omicron variant said they suffered from muscle aches after they caught the virus. At least 12% said they lost their sense of taste and another 12% said their sense of smell was reduced following the infection.

The majority of the survey’s participants (83%) also reported suffering from cough, while 78% said they developed runny or stuffy nose and 74% said they felt fatigued following infection. At least 72% said they had a sore throat and 68% said they developed headaches.

The survey polled 111 fully vaccinated guests at a Christmas party in Norway where officials said an outbreak of Omicron cases occurred. Survey respondents had an average age of 39.

The survey comes as officers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn of a possible surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant in either January or April 2022.

The Omicron variant, which accounts for 73.2% of all cases in the United States, is expected to infect millions of Americans in the coming months. However, the trajectory of COVID-19 cases would depend on how much the variant evades the protection offered by vaccines.

“Projected large surges in cases indicate surges of hospital demand even if the severity is reduced, because of the large number of anticipated cases occurring in a short period of time,” the CDC said in a report.

Despite the possible surge of cases, approximately 15% of American adults eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines remain unvaccinated. In children aged 5 to 11, only 20% have gotten their first dose. Additionally, only 33% of fully vaccinated Americans have gotten a booster shot, according to a data analysis by The New York Times.

A recent survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation also found that nearly 90% of unvaccinated Americans said the Omicron variant would still not spur them to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

“Jesus himself would have to come down from Heaven and speak with me personally,” an unvaccinated 32-year-old female from North Carolina said during the survey.

According to Johns Hopkins University data, the U.S. has so far reported a total of 52,748,933 COVID-19 cases and 818,344 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.