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Any thoughts on whether they would have done this greek alphabet thing had the first outbreak been in Africa instead of China? And why change now, when viruses

Any thoughts on whether they would have done this greek alphabet thing had the first outbreak been in Africa instead of China? And why change now, when viruses (and variants) have long been named after the country or region where the first outbreak was recorded?

samus 5y ago
What if a second variant occured in the same country? We shouldn't be afraid of existing names that are taken from persons or placenames, but it's worth switching to better naming systems where they make sense.