thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.uk · 1 year agoCovid: UK has ‘let our guard down’ as concern over new ‘Pirola’ variant growswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down13
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minus-squareRobotToaster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoDid we run out of greek letters for variants?
minus-squaregnutrinolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoNo, the WHO only assigns greek letters to Variants of Concern which this isn’t (yet). It was named by a scientist on twitter after an asteroid that sounds close to pi and rho (which would be the next Greek letters if it becomes a VoC)
minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAstronomical names of stars and planets have started to be used. I don’t know if it’s an official thing or just a media thing. There was another variant a few days ago called Eris, which seemed to be tempting fate a bit considering Eris is also the Greek goddess of strife!
Did we run out of greek letters for variants?
No, the WHO only assigns greek letters to Variants of Concern which this isn’t (yet). It was named by a scientist on twitter after an asteroid that sounds close to pi and rho (which would be the next Greek letters if it becomes a VoC)
Astronomical names of stars and planets have started to be used. I don’t know if it’s an official thing or just a media thing.
There was another variant a few days ago called Eris, which seemed to be tempting fate a bit considering Eris is also the Greek goddess of strife!