A Missed Opportunity

[ermingarden]

I wish there had been just one more identified covid variant before Omicron, because if there had been, we’d all be talking about the “Pi” variant that emerged over Thanksgiving....

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[ermingarden]

My understanding is that the intervening variants are just those that have been identified but weren't any more transmissible or virulent than what was already out there, so the public had no reason to hear about them.

(I do know they skipped "nu", the Greek letter right before omicron, when naming variants, which is good from a practical perspective but does mean we missed out on a potentially hilarious "Who's On First?" situation with the "Nu Variant".

[elwendell]

Lol! And now I have that sketch playing in my head. So, who was on first base?