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Random aside: I find it confusing that Alpha is the first variant, rather than the original SARS2 strain. Most 'Greek letter' conversations I've had just ignor
by samatman 5y ago
Random aside: I find it confusing that Alpha is the first variant, rather than the original SARS2 strain.
Most 'Greek letter' conversations I've had just ignore this and say "Alpha" when they mean the original.
For what it's worth, there is some evidence that Delta is less deadly than the original strain, although by how much is difficult to say, especially with vaccination as a confounding measure.
- dragontamer 5y agoI personally found the B.1.1.7 or B.1.351 nomenclature to be more understandable. This "Alpha" or "Delta" thing is so arbitrary. I don't even know what constitutes a variant of concern (Okay, I know a collection of scientists are sitting around in a committee deciding which variants "deserve" a Greek name... but given all the Greek names that have come out, they seem to have given out too many) Ex: Why are we calling a variant "Delta-plus" ?? Shouldn't it just take the next Greek letter?