30.11.2021_Trade Edi

the new corona variant Omicron caused headaches over the weekend not only because of its spread but also because of its name. This is because the World Health Organization (WHO) had overlooked some letters of the Greek alphabet when naming it. Before Omicron, it would have been Ny and Xi . Ny was dropped because it sounded too much like „new“ in English. And Xi? According to the WHO, it was too reminiscent of the Chinese surname, which is not very widespread but does have a weighty bearer in the form of the head of state. Critics then accused the WHO of false political consideration – whether that would have been the case with the variant „Biden“ or „Merkel“ remains to be seen.