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Almost as soon as Omicron started spreading, doctors noticed slight differences in their patients' symptoms relative to prior variants. Mild, coldlike symptoms such as sore throats, sneezing, and runny noses were increasingly common. 

But former hallmarks of COVID-19, such as fevers, coughs, and loss of taste or smell, had dwindled.

"The most reported symptoms of Omicron are really very much like a cold, especially in people who've been vaccinated," Dr. Claire Steves, a scientist involved with the Zoe COVID Symptom Study, said in a recent video.

The Zoe study uses a smartphone app to log how hundreds of thousands of people are feeling every day across the UK. It offers a comprehensive look at how COVID-19 symptoms have changed over the course of the pandemic — most notably, with the advent of the Delta and Omicron variants. Just a thought.