Queen's Brian May Battling COVID, Says Omicron Variant Is A Good Sign

Queen's Brian May is not only a renowned rock star that is known the world over. He's also an astrophysicist. Yes, that doesn't necessarily qualify him as a medical professional by any means. That being said, he's showed us once again that he's perfectly capable of giving out thorough opinions that seem to be well thought out. The British musician is currently battling COVID, and he took to his IG page to talk about his personal battle with the disease. As we as, share some thoughts about the current state of the COVID pandemic. Brian May essentially echoed what many doctors and medical professionals having saying about the Omicron variant.

In a very long caption that accompanied an IG post May shared part of his journey on his 10th day of isolation. From what he writes it seems that he's actually grateful that he got the Omicron variant of the disease. Just last year the Queen member had shared that he had gone through a very serious condition. With multiple blocked arteries, he suffered a heart attack. That essentially put May as a very high risk patient. Especially if he'd gotten sick with another variant. Although May mentions that in the UK they don't tell you what variant got you sick. The rocker mentioned this about the process of dealing with the disease in the UK,

“My deduction that it was Omicron is based on (1) the speed and pervasiveness of the spread of infection in that room – well over half of a group of 40 or so were infected inside 3 days, and (2) the symptoms."

The current spread of COVID seems to be out of control across the globe with the Omicron variant kicking in. Brian May acknowledged this, but mentioned that he was hopeful that next Christmas we could be all back to normal. That in large part, at least in his view, could be due to the fact that COVID has mutated this way. He shared that for example Ebola wasn't a global pandemic because the disease killed its host too quickly. The fact that this new variant is killing fewer people could be an effective way for it to stick around. May had this to say about his optimism,

"in evolving into the Omicron Variant, the coronavirus has become (1) much more efficient at propagating itself, and (2) less efficient at killing its victims. In evolutionary terms, as I understand it, BOTH of these changes are beneficial to the ongoing success of the organism around the planet."

Leave it to the scientist to give a shout-out to all those people who still think that COVID was a hoax. Brian May, addressed those people and literally told them to go ask nurses if this whole ordeal had been made up. May mentioned that he loses a lot of patience with people that propagate conspiracy theories. He mentioned,

"I quickly lose patience with the deluded souls who call it a ‘fake’ pandemic. Get real. Ask the nurses if it was fake."