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ellie2000

mp's are stupid, let the world end now. is xmas goin to hpn, its like killing santa

ellie2000

omicron sounds like the evil robot

Former Member

@ellie2000 Omicron is a strange name, id love to know who makes the name for Covid variants...!

Former Member

and what does Hpn mean? @ellie2000

independent_

I thought the names came from the Greek alphabet? But not sure if omicron fits in with that.

Edit: I just googled and they do seem to name them after the Greek alphabet omicron is indeed a Greek letter.

Former Member

@independent_ omg no way lol. do they name all the covid variants after greek alphabet?

independent_

@gia9720 from my googling of all the variants, it seems they do. I remember when we started getting variants, One of the first ones originated in the UK and they called it the Kent or UK variant for ages. But then when they started originating in other countries like Brazil, South Africa and India they started naming them after Greek letters. I always thought it was to put less emphasis on the country it originated from and to prevent prejudice (calling the first virus the Chinese variant, for example, might not be such a great idea). But there’s probably some scientific reason as well that I don’t know. But it certainly makes sense to me to call it something that isn’t specific to one country.

ellie2000

'hpn' means happen abreviated

Laura_tigger82

Hey @ellie2000

Thanks for expressing your views

I think Christmas is going to happen

Former Member

independent_ wrote: »

@gia9720 from my googling of all the variants, it seems they do. I remember when we started getting variants, One of the first ones originated in the UK and they called it the Kent or UK variant for ages. But then when they started originating in other countries like Brazil, South Africa and India they started naming them after Greek letters. I always thought it was to put less emphasis on the country it originated from and to prevent prejudice (calling the first virus the Chinese variant, for example, might not be such a great idea). But there’s probably some scientific reason as well that I don’t know. But it certainly makes sense to me to call it something that isn’t specific to one country.

Thanks for sharing this information! I Agree but to create a completely different name which is detached from the country of origin .

Former Member

Ok thanks @ellie2000 , I learn something new everyday