As you read later on, the World Health Organization (WHO) has once again licked China’s Xi’s Donkey. When will they ever come clean?
So we have another variant. There is a discussion on how it got its name. The conventional wisdom is to go to the playbook. As in hurricanes, their names are dictated by the alphabet from A to Z. Female names are then accorded to each name. Variants are pretty much named the same way. Greek letters are the base sequence. In this case decorum was not followed so not to offend CHINA.
Why ‘Omicron’, Not ‘Nu’ or ‘Xi’? WHO Says Two Letters in Greek Alphabet Jumped to ‘Avoid Stigma’
https://www.news18.com/news/world/why-omicron-not-nu-or-xi-who-says-two-greek-alphabets-jumped-to-avoid-stigma-4492670.html
A neutral observer would think that Omicron was the next letter to be named for a variant. But why ‘Omicron’, Not ‘Nu’ or ‘Xi’? WHO Says Two Letters in Greek Alphabet Jumped to ‘Avoid Stigma’
Why ‘Omicron’, Not ‘Nu’ or ‘Xi’? WHO Says Two Letters in Greek Alphabet Jumped to ‘Avoid Stigma’
https://www.news18.com/news/world/why-omicron-not-nu-or-xi-who-says-two-greek-alphabets-jumped-to-avoid-stigma-4492670.html
The WHO has followed the Greek alphabet when labeling certain variants of the coronavirus. But the newest variant is named omicron, skipping two letters.
CLAIM: The World Health Organization has labeled the new strain the “omicron” variant, skipping over “nu” and “xi” without explanation.
THE FACTS: The WHO on Friday gave the name “omicron” to a new variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The agency also deemed it a “ variant of concern.”
Omicron was first reported to the U.N. health agency by scientists in South Africa and has been identified in several other countries as well, The Associated Press has reported.
The WHO has followed the Greek alphabet when labeling certain variants of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, since May. It said the system allows for variants to be referred to in a simpler way than by their scientific names, and that it helps prevent people from referring to variants by the location where they were detected and creating stigma.
Many people had expected the agency to label the latest variant nu, which comes after mu, a variant designated on Aug. 30.
Instead, the WHO skipped over nu as well as xi, the next Greek letter in line — a move that many users on social media pointed out, while some questioned whether it was to avoid offending Chinese leader Xi Jinping.