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The political stuff aside, please don't call it "B1617", because the name in that nomenclature is properly "B.1.617". The dots do have meaning and tell the hist
by exmadscientist 5y ago
The political stuff aside, please don't call it "B1617", because the name in that nomenclature is properly "B.1.617". The dots do have meaning and tell the history of the strain.
- lima 5y agoStill okay in casual conversation (vs. scientific discourse).
- exmadscientist 5y agoNo, it's really not. Getting names right is important. Failing to do so offends people (when it's a person's name) and confuses everyone (always). When you make an unforced error like this, you confuse everyone who knows what they're talking about, because they can't understand you easily. So don't make unforced errors. Get names right. You wouldn't trust a compiler that silently patched up incorrect variable names, would you? So why do that to people?
- doktorhladnjak 5y agoAnd it's really B.1.617.2 to distinguish it from the variant of concern first seen in South Africa, B.1.617.1
- exmadscientist 5y agoB.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 are closely related (along with B.1.617.3) and all might be called the "Indian Variant" in popular usage. The "South African Variant" is B.1.351.