the story behind naming of the new Variant as Omicron....

[r2d2]

Was new Covid variant named Omicron to avoid angering Beijing? WHO chose to skip TWO letters of Greek alphabet to avoid 'Xi' which has written similarity to Chinese president Xi Jinping

• WHO chose to skip two letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid calling variant 'Xi'
• UN body named the mutation 'Omicron' instead of either 'Nu' or 'Xi'
• President Xi Jinping is alleged to have significant influence over the WHO 
• China has been accused of influencing the WHO's initial response to pandemic 

[Picheshwar]

37 minutes ago, r2d2 said:

Was new Covid variant named Omicron to avoid angering Beijing? WHO chose to skip TWO letters of Greek alphabet to avoid 'Xi' which has written similarity to Chinese president Xi Jinping

• WHO chose to skip two letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid calling variant 'Xi'
• UN body named the mutation 'Omicron' instead of either 'Nu' or 'Xi'
• President Xi Jinping is alleged to have significant influence over the WHO 
• China has been accused of influencing the WHO's initial response to pandemic 

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