The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
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Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#2Who is a Chinese organization so of course they don’t want to offed their boss.
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#3WHO said it was because Xi was a common last name. But I can confirm Xi isn’t a common Chinese last name. It ranks 332 by population, https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A0%E5%A7%93
810k out of 1.4billion. 0.05%
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#4WHO said it was because Xi was a common last name. But I can confirm Xi isn’t a common Chinese last name. It ranks 332 by population, https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A0%E5%A7%93 810k out of 1.4billion. 0.05%
I know their explanation is a weak one but 810K is a lot of people.
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#5WHO said it was because Xi was a common last name. But I can confirm Xi isn’t a common Chinese last name. It ranks 332 by population, https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A0%E5%A7%93 810k out of 1.4billion. 0.05%
I know their explanation is a weak one but 810K is a lot of people.
In China it's not.
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know their explanation is a weak one but 810K is a lot of people.
In China it's not.
I agree. But you can't deny it is still a lot of people who use Xi as their last name. There are nearly a million in China alone. But I agree that is a weak argument. If a surname is a problem, someone can use that logic to claim the name Corona virus was damaging to the Corona beer brand or the delta variant was damaging to Delta Airlines.
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#7I wish the WHO could name things more consistently.
- They did not rename the Ebola virus the same way the renamed the virus first discovered in Wuhan (as COVID 19).
- And they are happy to keep the SARS backronym in SARS-CoV-2, since SARS was first discovered in Hong Kong SAR.
- Now they skip over the Xi variant, although the Delta variant (or the name Corona itself) did cause some confusion earlier.
If they want to be classy in naming, can they be more classy to people outside of mainland China?
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
In China it's not.
I agree. But you can't deny it is still a lot of people who use Xi as their last name. There are nearly a million in China alone. But I agree that is a weak argument. If a surname is a problem, someone can use that logic to claim the name Corona virus was damaging to the Corona beer brand or the delta variant was damaging to Delta Airlines.
You make great points for the other Greek letters.
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#9I wish the WHO could name things more consistently. - They did not rename the Ebola virus the same way the renamed the virus first discovered in Wuhan (as COVID 19). - And they are happy to keep the SARS backronym in SARS-CoV-2, since SARS was first discovered in Hong Kong SAR. - Now they skip over the Xi variant, although the Delta variant (or the name Corona itself) did cause some confusion earlier. If they want to…
They are very consistent. They consistently do what Xi Jinping tells them to do.[0]
[0] "The Industrially Necessary Doctor Tedros": https://www.epsilontheory.com/the-industrially-necessary-doc...
Re: The WHO skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant
#10Naming it “Nu” (pronounced “nee” but everyone will say “new”) would be confusing and stupid.
Naming it “Xi” would be as stupid as naming it “Biden” or “Putin.”
Trying to make a big deal of skipping over troublesome letters is also pretty stupid.