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Who comes up with these names for different Covid strains,
Dec 21, 2021, 11:34 AM
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anyway? Take this latest one. Who sat around the desks and decided, "OK, we shall christen this one OMICRON."
Instead of just Covid-20, or Covid-B, or some other relatively simple thang.
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Re: Who comes up with these names for different Covid strains,
Dec 21, 2021, 11:36 AM
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Ancient Greece.
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They are using letters from the Greek alphabet...
Dec 21, 2021, 12:28 PM
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Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Lambda
Mu
Nu
Xi
Omicron
Pi
Rho
Sigma
Tau
Upsilon
Phi
Chi
Psi
Omega
This was something the WHO decided to do in order to keep public communication about variants easier and less confusing.
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Oh No. If that is the case, then the next one will be Pi.
Dec 21, 2021, 12:30 PM
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Then, we will have that age old debate about Pi R square, or Pi R round.
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Re: Oh No. If that is the case, then the next one will be Pi.
Dec 22, 2021, 12:52 AM
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Homer and Jethro already 'splained that one...The Bunny Bread commercial... Homer: Pie are square...Jethro: Pie are round, Bunny Bread are square... With that pearl of wisdom, i shall retire for the night,,,
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Re: They are using letters from the Greek alphabet...
Dec 21, 2021, 11:05 PM
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They didn’t do this to make anything less confusing. They did it to take the place names off of the variants because certain governments were uncomfortable having viral strains named after their countries/cities. The names sound novel now but wait until they use the Greek alphabet over and over again for different viral outbreaks over the course of a decade or two. When there’s a different coronavirus or influenza virus or whatever a few years from now they’ll label it Delta or Omicron or Omega or whatever and laypeople will think one of these viral strains has returned. It’s gonna be a complete mess when it comes to messaging.
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It’s the word “MORONIC” all scrambled up.
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Dec 21, 2021, 12:36 PM
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Quite appropriate, actually.
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Re: It’s the word “MORONIC” all scrambled up.
Dec 21, 2021, 1:38 PM
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+1 for the anagram
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Darth Vader?***
Dec 21, 2021, 2:11 PM
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Bob, in marketing
Dec 21, 2021, 2:16 PM
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He has the cube over in the corner, all by himself. He's a loner, keeps to himself, quiet.
But when it comes to Greek letters, he's the master. He spied on every sorority at his college!
Watch-out for the Lambda strain....
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