Wonder will omnicroms be renamed?
Given recent news do you think the material name will be changed?
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"E3P0;c-2317385" wrote:
Maybe they'll rename it to Omnicron, and give in to the bad spellers everywhere (seriously there's 3 of the past 9 threads with this misspelling in the title, it's not that hard, people).
While we're at it, they can make other similar "we give up" changes:
- Enjoy the newly retitled story of how the Death Star plans were stolen (in a makeup kit?): Rouge One.
- We can also enjoy some newly renamed toons: Jedi Counsellor, Assaj Ventress, General Greivous, Ashoka Tano, Ayala Secura, and The Mandolorian."Bladegunner;c-2317438" wrote:
I remember when they got named after the country of origin.
Chinese varient
Brazilian varient
South African varient
Kent varient.
Indian varient.
And then all of a sudden because it was Indian we couldn't use the region of origin because its racist.
Classic
Well, that's not true. They weren't named after the "country of origin". They were named after the country that first sequenced and identified the different genome of each variant.
And it's not racism that changed that. Like it's happening now, South Africa identified and sequenced Omicron variant and then Europe is blocking, erroneously, visitors from that country, when the variant is already spreading throughout Europe without any border control. Duh!"Bladegunner;c-2317438" wrote:
I remember when they got named after the country of origin.
Chinese varient
Brazilian varient
South African varient
Kent varient.
Indian varient.
And then all of a sudden because it was Indian we couldn't use the region of origin because its racist.
Classic
The Spanish Flu came from Kansas. It got called Spanish Flu because Allied and Central Power media censored any mention of the flu for fear it would panic the homefront or give the enemy a sign that they were weakened. Spain, being neutral in WW1, didn't have to worry about any of that and reported that it existed, so people called it the Spanish Flu.
Likewise, these variants "come" from countries becauss those countries have robust medical research and discover them. It's been all over the place for months, but it was scientists in South Africa who identified it.
Do you see now why we aren't naming these things after places any more? It's arbitrary at best."LordDirt;c-2317335" wrote:
"cboath7;c-2317318" wrote:
The didn't skip letters. It's the name the variants in order, but we only hear about the ones that are noteworthy.
I mean there weren't covid 1-18 pandemics/scares (though i think SARS was one)...
They did skip letters, the WHO didn’t want to be seen as racist by naming it Xi. Politics in our medical field.
More likely they didn't want to deal with someone throwing a hissy fit over using Xi.
But now they're going to upset Lrrr."NicWester;c-2317451" wrote:
"Bladegunner;c-2317438" wrote:
I remember when they got named after the country of origin.
Chinese varient
Brazilian varient
South African varient
Kent varient.
Indian varient.
And then all of a sudden because it was Indian we couldn't use the region of origin because its racist.
Classic
The Spanish Flu came from Kansas. It got called Spanish Flu because Allied and Central Power media censored any mention of the flu for fear it would panic the homefront or give the enemy a sign that they were weakened. Spain, being neutral in WW1, didn't have to worry about any of that and reported that it existed, so people called it the Spanish Flu.
Likewise, these variants "come" from countries becauss those countries have robust medical research and discover them. It's been all over the place for months, but it was scientists in South Africa who identified it.
Do you see now why we aren't naming these things after places any more? It's arbitrary at best.
“Despite the fact that the 1918 flu wasn’t isolated to one place, it became known around the world as the Spanish flu, as Spain was hit hard by the disease and was not subject to the wartime news blackouts that affected other European countries. (Even Spain's king, Alfonso XIII, reportedly contracted the flu.)”
The Spanish Flu did not originate in Spain, though news coverage of it did. During World War I, Spain was a neutral country with a free media that covered the outbreak from the start, first reporting on it in Madrid in late May of 1918. Meanwhile, Allied countries and the Central Powers had wartime censors who covered up news of the flu to keep morale high. Because Spanish news sources were the only ones reporting on the flu, many believed it originated there (the Spanish, meanwhile, believed the virus came from France and called it the “French Flu.”)
Scientists still do not know for sure where the Spanish Flu originated, though theories point to France, China, Britain, or the United States, where the first known case was reported at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, Kansas, on March 11, 1918.
Some believe infected soldiers spread the disease to other military camps across the country, then brought it overseas. In March 1918, 84,000 American soldiers headed across the Atlantic and were followed by 118,000 more the following month.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic- Thank you for repeating what I just said but with more words.
- Not really what you said
Welp, that's my daily dose of history and politics.- They should just rename it the “Pooh flu”
