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Ever since the world saw the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 virus in Wuhan, China more than one and a half years ago, people's lives have been thrown under the bus as there have barely been any signs of normalcy anywhere, especially in India.
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During that time the virus has mutated and been named the UK variant, the Africa variant, or the Indian variant, on the basis of the country they were first discovered in.
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However, now, the World Health Organization (WHO), who first brought us news regarding the existence of the virus, has decided to make things simpler for people. It has decided that the key virus strains, instead of being called by the name of the country, will now be labeled using the letters of the Greek alphabet in order for people to find it easy to say it and remember.
Today WHO has announced a new naming system for key #COVID19 variants. The labels are based on the Greek alphabet (i.e. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc), making them simple, easy to say and remember.
https://t.co/aYCZfspZyb pic.twitter.com/Gxt14fwVqF
"WHO has assigned simple, easy to say and remember labels for key variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using letters of the Greek alphabet," said the organisation on its website.
The labels do not replace existing scientific names, which convey important scientific information & will continue to be used in research. The naming system aims to prevent calling #COVID19 variants by the places where they are detected, which is stigmatizing & discriminatory. pic.twitter.com/MwWGGMXPjn
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 31, 2021You are welcome! pic.twitter.com/5MHDwvirB2
— SJ Ahmed (@SuhaibJAhmed) June 1, 2021
So, instead of the virus strains being called the Indian strain or the UK strain, people will now refer to them as Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on.
Easy to remember, right? One of the key reasons behind the decision to rename the strains is down to ending stigma and discrimination for a country where the virus has been detected.
"People often resort to calling variants by the places where they are detected, which is stigmatizing and discriminatory. To avoid this and to simplify public communications, WHO encourages national authorities, media outlets, and others to adopt these new labels," said WHO.
WHO encourages countries and others to adopt these names as they will ease public discussions about global #COVID19 Variants of Concern and Interest.
More:https://t.co/aYCZfspZyb
While it may be a move in the right direction, remembering the variants on the basis of greek letters is surely a confusing prospect and people on social media surely had a lot to say about it.
Easy to remember! You must be joking . A silly and bizarre exercise. Quite unnecessary. New variants will keep evolving that will make Greek numbers just that , Greek to me.
— deepaknatarajan (@deepakdeepak) June 1, 2021Hm yes I can see this will lead to confusion and people traveling more to places they shouldn't
— Andrea (@CallForCries) June 1, 2021So now they're all Greek variants - so much for not stigmatising individual countries
— Martin Sansom (@antiquestwins) June 1, 2021I had to check to see if was April 1st, how many people outside science know order of Greek alphabet, it will just confuse or is that the purpose?
— Patrick Mc Gowan (@pzjmcg_gowan) May 31, 2021It’s not simple or easier. You’ll have to then associate a letter with a variant. May make sense in scientific/lab field, however as clinicians, much easier to keep the origin-name linked. @WHO badly led. And it’s not tue first time.
— Jesus Isea de la Viña (@jiseav) May 31, 2021When a product has been in the market for some time, marketing departments recommend re-branding to refresh interest and boost sales.
I mean seriously WTF
Hey @WHO, maybe instead of focusing on the name of the virus and its variants, we focus more on the tackling it?
Just a thought.
This really is when you know that scientists don't want covid to go away because they won't be thought about again. "Let's stay current - let's rename all the variants so that people have no idea what we're talking about anymore! And let's make them Greek..for no reason!"
— Girl (@userunknown200) June 1, 2021@WHO How about working on finding the Origin of this Virus? Well over 18months into the Pandemic, we don't know the Origin! That would be basic stuff to learn. What do we know so far that is useful? The world expects WHO to be all over this already.. @DrTedros #COVID19 #COVID
— Pramod (@pramodatta1) June 1, 2021It should be like
Chinese COVID Alpha Variant
Chinese COVID Beta Variant
Chinese COVID Gamma Variant
CHINESSE COVID Delta Variant
Where is the Vietnam hybrid strain of variant of Corona!
Moreover, they are all Chinese strains of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Lota, Kappa... Variants!!!#Chinavirus #biowar
Remember that the government responsible for the research and manufacture of covid-19 are also the largest contributors to the WHO foundation. Which is how you release a bioweapon and get away with it.
— Omadon 🇬🇧 (@h4wk69) June 1, 2021No mention of China?
What is the name of the Variant which was originated/leaked from the Wuhan, China?
In reality all these mentioned variants which were detected in other countries are Sub- Variants of the Wuhan Virus 🦠
SARS Cov1 came from China
SARS Cov2 came from China
Just the way the CCP wants it. Continuing to do China’s work. The WHO delegitimized itself throughout the pandemic. First telling the world of “no human-to-human transmission” when dozens in the same hospital had contracted the virus in China. #WHOLiedAndPeopleDied #China #CCP
— 🇺🇸Kyle Bass🇺🇸 (@Jkylebass) May 31, 2021
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