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It’s so great when natural language usage/evolution is overwritten by bureaucrats, for god knows what reason. Wonderful.

• bttrfl 5y ago
  The decision might seem strange, but I think the rationale behind it is sound: "Covid-19 variants to be given Greek alphabet names to avoid stigma" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/01/covid-19-variants-to-be-given-greek-alphabet-names-to-avoid-stigma https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/01/covid-19-varia...
  • carlmr 5y ago
    Now the Greeks get all the stigma.
    • StavrosK 5y ago
      Nah we're good with it.
• evgen 5y ago
  Were you not aware that the Indian government threatened social media platforms that allowed users to identify a variant as the 'Indian variant'?
• aaaaarghZombies 5y ago
  Apart from the stigma it was causing Indian people it was making a lot of people think it was a problem confined to India.