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New COVID variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron)!!


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18 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

How do they name these variants?

 

Delta is the Greek equivalent of the letter D.

Omicron is the Greek equivalent of the letter O.

 

What about the letters in between? Were there as many variants of concern?

 

This variant was supposed to be named Xi. But that would've been a bit too awkward :hahaha:

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5 hours ago, Mariyam said:

How do they name these variants?

 

Delta is the Greek equivalent of the letter D.

Omicron is the Greek equivalent of the letter O.

 

What about the letters in between? Were there as many variants of concern?

Interesting info about the Greek name-letter combination. I call the latest one Omigod variant. 

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4 hours ago, nevada said:

Interesting info about the Greek name-letter combination. I call the latest one Omigod variant. 

Still better than naming it from the country it was detected first... CHINA, UK , Brazil, Israel. India, Singapore, Nigeria. It seemed like they would all finally compete for the World Cup of covid - most deadly wins it all

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