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By the time it is deemed a variant, it has been sequenced number of times across the country and the health authorities always have a code or name to refer to t
by cm2187 5y ago
By the time it is deemed a variant, it has been sequenced number of times across the country and the health authorities always have a code or name to refer to this particular strain.
- zarzavat 5y agoThey had a code but not a name. The media can't refer to things by a confusing jumble of letters and numbers, they need a name, and if there's no official name then the media will create one themselves. Hence "India variant". This is basic PR, e.g. when Heartbleed was disclosed it was given a name so that people could discuss it and attach meaning to it.