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First, why did the World Health Organization skip over two Greek letters? Here's the laughable explanation ( [Slate] ) When the WHO named the "mu" variant in August, "nu" was [next in line] . But the WHO decided to skip it over because officials felt the letter was too similar to the English word "new," which could have led to a bit of confusion. Then came "xi," but the WHO also decided to nix it because it is the same as the common last name Xi and using it would violate the organization's guidelines to name diseases. The WHO always…
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