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> The WHO subcommittee that names things It sounds like they have a chicken and egg problem if they're still called "The WHO subcommittee that names things"
by vorpalhex 7y ago
> The WHO subcommittee that names things
It sounds like they have a chicken and egg problem if they're still called "The WHO subcommittee that names things"
- ValentineC 7y agoI went to look up what that subcommittee's name is, and it's probably the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses: https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/23/its-been-sequenced-its-spread-across-borders-now-the-new-pneumonia-causing-virus-needs-a-name/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/23/its-been-sequenced-its-s...