The new variant could be called the Chinese president. The WHO preferred to skip two letters


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Why is the new variant, which is supposed to be faster than delta in terms of spread, called omicron? The American New York Post reported that the WHO had originally planned for any other variants of the label. But in the end, she skipped both letters. “A variant of the Chinese president?” On social networks, as well as among many commentators or politicians, especially in the United States, after the definitive selection of the omikron label, speculation has arisen that the WHO has skipped the Greek letter n (in the English version Nu) to avoid possible confusion with the word...