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30 Nov, 9 tweets, 5 min read
Keeping up to date with Greek

Variants of concern:

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron

Variants of interest:

Lambda, Mu

Former variants of interest:

Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa

Skipped letters: Nu & Xi

Next:

Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega
Will Nu and Xi be the only ones skipped?

“WHO best practices for naming diseases suggest avoiding ‘causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups,”

A variant of concern is not a disease...
May some more be cancelled?

Prudes may find Omega offensive
labellacoppia.com/2018/10/15/the…
Pi means Ghost in Thai
theculturetrip.com/asia/thailand/…
Chi is a name in Vietnam
thenamemeaning.com/chi/
and China
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_(surn…
A river in Thailand
A person's guardian spirit or God in Odinani
WHO knows?

Rho? The meaning of Rho is 'from Rhodes, field of roses. '
babynamemeaningz.com/Rho-meaning-21…
Sigma? A professional group may object?
sigma-global.com/en/
Tau? Means "lion" in Tswana and Sotho. The name of the last ruler of the Rolong in South Africa
behindthename.com/name/tau
Upsilon Sigma Phi?

No way, says the oldest Greek-letter organization and fraternity in Asia.

Founded in 1918, it is also the oldest student organization in continuous existence in the University of the Philippines

esquiremag.ph/culture/lifest…
wethepvblic.com/upsilon-leak/
Psi?

Urban Dictionary says not a good idea...

urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter…
Omega?

Omega Males say NO!

urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter…

and for the non faint hearted

pack-the-pack.tumblr.com/post/173753090…
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@MichaelWorobey @stuartjdneil @ScienceMagazine @franciscodeasis @Drinkwater5Reed I guess you concede that your rmap is just plain wrong, after being totally deconstructed by @danwalker9999

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28 Nov
@flodebarre @zhihuachen @coroldo1 @emmecola @henri_mourant @stuartjdneil @mrandersoninneo There still seems to be confusion here.

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2. csdata page 404ed later
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4. Hack attacks highlighted by WIV in 2019 on WIV website
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Billy Bostickson 🏴👁&👁 🆓 Profile picture
27 Nov
1. Omicron Thread - A Compilation of Opinions

"finally, the time has slip and slid its slimy course through to us - and we're the vicious bastards of the new generation. we do not relent, and we should not be held to account for our ancestral faults"

2. The Letter Chosen by the WHO

"It's amazing that the Xi variant seems to have somehow managed to evade detection..."

via @readomain

Why 'Omicron', Not 'Nu' or 'Xi'?

WHO Says Two Letters in Greek Alphabet Jumped to 'Avoid Stigma'

news18.com/news/world/why…
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26 Nov
1. Mysteries of WIV's MGISeq2000 Illumina machine

"An understanding of the relationship between the presence of vectorized H7N9 & SARS-CoV-2 in early cOVID-19 patients’ samples should be a focus of further inquiry"

zenodo.org/record/5066744…
2. Exposed by:

@quay_dr
@Daoyu15
@MonaRahalkar
@BahulikarRahul
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3. The WIV H7N9 Vaccine Paper (Work: 2019 - 2020)

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1. Anonymous Critique of the recent paper by Worobey

Dissecting the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

"The article is, frankly speaking, utter bullshit. It’s a review of available data & the very first referenced work states the opposite of what he claims"
2. Quote from Worobey

“Despite assertions to the contrary (1), it is now clear that live mammals susceptible to coronaviruses, including raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides), were sold at Huanan Market & three other live-animal markets in Wuhan before the pandemic (2, 3).”
3. Incorrect Citations

Plainly, reference 1 should assert that no live mammals susceptible to coronaviruses were sold at the live animal markets in Wuhan.

In fact, reference 1 states the exact opposite on Pages 8 and 108 (conclusions)

This article is not off to a good start…
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