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I hate headlines that try to tell me how I should feel about something. It seems like it would be equally informative without the “worrying”.

• dougb5 6y ago
  Epidemiologists use the term "variants of concern", so maybe "concerning" would have been a better word. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/variant-surveillance/variant-info.html#Concern https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/vari...
• Clewza313 6y ago
  There are hundreds if not thousands of variants by now. The ones that matter are the ones that spread more easily and/or make people sicker, aka the "worrying" ones.
• UncleOxidant 6y ago
  They probably should have said "variants of concern".
• ncallaway 6y ago
  "worrying" is an identifiern of the variants. If it protects against the 2 least significant variants, that's less interesting of an article. Unless it protects against all variants the headline would likely be inaccurate without the "worrying" qualifier. I could agree with a criticism that "worrying" should be replaced with a better identifier of the specific variants being discussed, but I don't have a replacement proposal. And dropping the word "worrying" seems like it might be factually wrong (it also might not be, I don't know)
• asveikau 6y ago
  It's not telling you to whom it is worrying. You made the mistake of assuming the headline meant "to you" but it is not stated. It is certainly worrying to someone.