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So your naming a vaccine a Levenshtein distance of 2 away from Zyclon-D. Obviously this is nonsense, but it doesn't take much imagination to know marketing ne
by athrowaway3z 5y ago
So your naming a vaccine a Levenshtein
distance of 2 away from Zyclon-D. Obviously this is nonsense, but it doesn't take much imagination to know marketing needs to step up their game if they want to sell to the antivax crowds.
Although I imagine the damage is done. In 5 years somebody is going to post a shitty jpeg with this brand name as proof for.... Things.
- the_third_wave 5y agoThere never was anything called Zyclon-D so this is not a thing. There was Zyklon (later renamed Zyklon A) and Zyklon B, the latter was renamed Cyanosil somewhere in the '70s and might still be produced. The active ingredient for all was hydrogen cyanide which is still used for fumigation purposes. It was also used in the USA for execution purposes and might soon be used for that purpose again, at least in Arizona [1]. [1] https://apnews.com/article/arizona-executions-business-health-government-and-politics-c3f67a6ec65959fea817b4c3193bb15e https://apnews.com/article/arizona-executions-business-healt...
- corty 5y agoYou are right, but the point remains: If the name almost rhymes with Zyklon-B, you better find another one and fire the marketing dept...