' Patients who contracted it complain of fatigue, head and body aches and occasional sore throats and coughs, said Angelique Coetzee, who is also chairwoman of the South African Medical Association. Delta infections, by comparison, caused elevated pulse rates, resulted in low oxygen levels and a loss of smell and taste, she said.
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“I said these different symptoms can’t be delta, they are very similar to beta or it must be a new strain,” she said in an interview on Monday. “I don’t think it will blow over but I think it will be a mild disease hopefully. For now we are confident we can handle it.” '
So, you completely changed your original post to do a gotcha factcheck. Do you actually put credence in these lefty fact checkers? Just curious. Your original post gave you more props than this one.
The poster may be meaning Beta. There have been several variants that have arisen but never gained traction enough to make a splash in the history of COVID-19, other than some mentions in various news reports.