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Wondering how you made the connection between '21K' and Omicron. 'Omicron' isn't even mentioned in that page... is 'Omicron' a media nickname, maybe?
by the-alchemist 5y ago
Wondering how you made the connection between '21K' and Omicron. 'Omicron' isn't even mentioned in that page... is 'Omicron' a media nickname, maybe?
- KarlKemp 5y agoThey get assigned greek letters by the WHO when they become important enough for such honors. Heard of something called "delta"? The name was assigned yesterday, so the website hasn't added it. They have them in parentheses on the left side menu. Oh, and if you like data, and graphics overload: https://nextstrain.org/groups/neherlab/ncov/21K?l=radial https://nextstrain.org/groups/neherlab/ncov/21K?l=radial
- r721 5y ago>Variant: 21K also known as B.1.1.529 It's a project of one person (Emma Hodcroft), she didn't update page yet, but WHO named B.1.1.529 as Omicron yesterday: https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-omicron-(b.1.1.529)-sars-cov-2-variant-of-concern https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-o... Here is her thread on creating this page: https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/1464223178776059919 https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/1464223178776059919