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Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
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#32Interesting choice to pick "Omicron" instead of "Nu," which news outlets had been expecting them to use. Perhaps this allows them to avoid having to use "Xi" as the name of a Covid variant, which would have been...inconvenient for the WHO.
Have you heard about the nu variant?
No, what’s it called?
The nu variant
Yeah, does it have a name?
It’s nu
Yeah I know it’s new but what do they call it?
What does who call it?
That’s what I’m asking you! What does WHO call it?
Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#33I don’t know what to make of the WHO statements anymore. There has been so much retractions, flip-flops, politically-driven actions, half-truths, etc... I don’t know how assign any meaning, good or bad, to what comes out of that organization.
Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#34Interesting choice to pick "Omicron" instead of "Nu," which news outlets had been expecting them to use. Perhaps this allows them to avoid having to use "Xi" as the name of a Covid variant, which would have been...inconvenient for the WHO.
What is the problem with Xi? Perhaps there is a second meaning I don't know?
But that's pronounced chi like chai no? I tend to not read Xi as pinyin unless it's in context with other Chinese words.
Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nu means naked in Portuguese (and Spanish I think?) Maybe they wanted to avoid all the lazy puns. A pretty significant part of the world speaks either of those two languages.
It would probably be reported as Ni or Ny in Spanish: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeto_griego#Letras
In French nu is both "naked"and the name of the greek letter that sounds like the latin N.
Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#36Interesting choice to pick "Omicron" instead of "Nu," which news outlets had been expecting them to use. Perhaps this allows them to avoid having to use "Xi" as the name of a Covid variant, which would have been...inconvenient for the WHO.
Have you heard about the nu variant? No, what’s it called? The nu variant Yeah, does it have a name? It’s nu Yeah I know it’s new but what do they call it? What does who call it? That’s what I’m asking you! What does WHO call it?
Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#37Interesting choice to pick "Omicron" instead of "Nu," which news outlets had been expecting them to use. Perhaps this allows them to avoid having to use "Xi" as the name of a Covid variant, which would have been...inconvenient for the WHO.
Have you heard about the nu variant? No, what’s it called? The nu variant Yeah, does it have a name? It’s nu Yeah I know it’s new but what do they call it? What does who call it? That’s what I’m asking you! What does WHO call it?
Nailed it, I think this is exactly why they skipped Nu.
Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#38Interesting choice to pick "Omicron" instead of "Nu," which news outlets had been expecting them to use. Perhaps this allows them to avoid having to use "Xi" as the name of a Covid variant, which would have been...inconvenient for the WHO.
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Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#39I don’t know what to make of the WHO statements anymore. There has been so much retractions, flip-flops, politically-driven actions, half-truths, etc... I don’t know how assign any meaning, good or bad, to what comes out of that organization.
This is a multinational organization, funded by member states, built around consensus that we're talking about here.
It seems unreasonable to expect international organizations to be simultaneously accepted by multiple parties with divergent and conflicting interests... and somehow not be subject to politics.
Re: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
#40I don’t know what to make of the WHO statements anymore. There has been so much retractions, flip-flops, politically-driven actions, half-truths, etc... I don’t know how assign any meaning, good or bad, to what comes out of that organization.
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