10 So was it to please « some influent member state » the the current « scary flu » variant was named using the 14th letter of the Greek Alphabet, thus quiely skipping the 13th: Xi (uppercase Ξ or Ξ, lowercase ξ) ? 🧐 (en.wikipedia.org) posted 4 years ago by penisse 4 years ago by penisse +10 / -0 1 comment share 1 comment share save hide report block hide replies
2 Letters were skipped. WHO English speaking countries asked them to skip #12 "Nu" to avoid confusion with 'new' and China asked to skip #13 because their Presidents name is Xi
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