Halfway there: WHO may name COVID-19 variants after constellations once Greek alphabet is done

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The World Health Organization has said that any COVID-19 variants discovered after the governing health body has used up all the letters of the Greek alphabet may be named after constellations.

TORONTO -- The World Health Organization has said that any COVID-19 variants discovered after the governing health body has used up all the letters of the Greek alphabet may be named after constellations.

The WHO started naming variants after letters in the Greek alphabet in May, and the latest iteration, the variant “Mu,” marks the halfway point in the 24-letter series.Last month, WHO COVID-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove said the organization was considering using star constellations as the next set of codenames and is reviewing proposals to make sure the new names will not cause any upset to the public.

The WHO has repeatedly said that naming variants after the location where they are first identified may end up stigmatising a country or place.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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You had to make a news story on this? What a joke 😞

There's enough to go around. Eventually they will be emojis ☣️⚰️

Who the hell cares?

Should we be concerned that WHO thinks we’ll run through the whole Greek alphabet?

There will soon be as many 'variants' as there are stars in the sky! Covid19 would still be a harmless adenovirus if Dr. Foxy had not added the toxic S1 Spike Protein! The mRNA GMO treatments command your cells to produce the same toxic S1 Spike Protein!

WHO is a joke. Not only a joke, it indeed sold its soul to the devil.

LOL!

Using the names of countries that created them was way easier!

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