They decided to avoid Nu and Xi due to confusion. Nu sounding too much like “new” in english and then fact that China’s president is Xi.
Hope this is helpful, Esteemed Head!
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You are the best! 
But what about epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lamda, and mu? And yes, I did have to sing to type that out.
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They were all “variants of interest” but not “variants of concern” so the media never said anything about them.
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The WHO met and decided they didn’t have good enough meme potential so skipped those ones.
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Mine is fake news, PDM is right
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Does anyone else’s broken brain tell themselves the World Health Organisation - WHO joke? In the style of WHOs on first baseball joke?
No? Just me? Every damn time I hear the name.
Person 1: The World Health Organisation has announced Omicron a variant of concern
Person 2: Who?
Person 1: The World Health Organisation.
Person 2: Who?
Etc.
Giggling to myself listening to the radio news in my car.
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Oh absolutely all the time.
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Haha. It’s a victimless crime.
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There was a mu version of the virus - there was a lot of concern about it initially but it seems to not have been sustainable.
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Well I will now.
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I remember a lot of talk of Lamba, but that one was mostly in South America.
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Ponder told me this one today! I laughed and said it’s very accurate
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hahaha yes! except housecats are cute and return at least some of what they take in cuddles and entertainment value. libertarians are just … delusional and annoying. there’s no cute libertarian videos to watch online when i need a pick-me-up.
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Never felt a need to pick up a libertarian and bury my face in it
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I mean, I have but she was hot and I was young and naive 
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haha yes, i mean, at least it has been a really long time
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