Perhaps it was a brilliant idea that WHO gave a different name for a variant of the covid virus. Humans are tuned to know that different names imply different behavior. Just like hurricanes have different names. Each kind requires different preparations.
It is just fascinating how unaware public institutions are of how to express public safety messages in a manner that intuitively encapsulates the concern. The virus is problematic because it does not remain the same.
But too many overlook this reality and believe that whatever worked in the past will work today. This fallacy is more obvious when you give it another name (i.e. Delta). How you prepare for a hurricane is different because you is different by virtue of an assignment of a name.
"The pandemic of the unvaccinated" is an interesting choice of words. It is reassuring for the vaccinated. But what is its effect on the unvaccinated? How do we convey two messages (1) the unvaccinated are human petri-dishes and (2) children are human petri-dishes?
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