Post Makes Unfounded Claims About Omicron 'Symptoms' and COV

Scientists are still learning about the omicron variant's ability to spread or cause severe illness and the effectiveness of the current COVID-19 vaccines in fighting it. But a Facebook post misleadingly claims to list seven "symptoms" of the new variant, then suggests they are caused by the vaccines. The list actually refers to complications of COVID-19. Two of the listed conditions are rare adverse events associated with the vaccines.

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