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Originally Posted by pastarocket
The name of the new South African variant is called....Omicron.
Who comes up with these Covid variant names?
My initial thought to this name Omicron is "Is this a Decepticon from the Transformers movies?"
"Did Megatron create a Covid variant?" 
https://globalnews.ca/news/8404987/n...nt-of-concern/ |
Greek Alphabet - just moving down the list
Α α. Alpha a
Β β Beta b
Γ γ Gamma g
Δ δ Delta d
Ε ε Epsilon e
Ζ ζ Zeta z
Η η Eta h
Θ θ Theta th
Ι ι Iota i
Κ κ Ka ppa k
Λ λ Lambda l
Μ μ Mu m
Ν ν Nu n
Ξ ξ Xi x
Ο ο Omicron
Π π Pi p
Ρ ρ Rho r
Σ σ,ς * Sigma s
Τ τ Tau t
Υ υ Upsilon u
Φ φ Phi ph
Χ χ Chi ch
Ψ ψ Psi ps
Ω ω Omega o
We skipped Nu probably because it sounds too much like Mu and Xi well probably because a certain Country would not like that
