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[Shuixiang Xiansi] A farce taught that people all over the world suddenly increased their knowledge of ancient Greek, thanks to the blessing of the World Health Organization.

On the 26th of this month, the World Health Organization announced that the latest variant of the virus was named "Omicron", which immediately aroused suspicion. what? If you know a little about ancient Greek, you should look into the mystery. It turns out that the virus variants have always been named in alphabetical order in ancient Greek. As shown in the figure, they have been used from "Alpha" to "Mu", but this time, two letters have been omitted, and "Nu" and "Xi" have been abandoned. Inevitably curious.

The organization did not go into detail at first. On the 27th of the next day, the spokesperson of the organization finally explained the painting publicly, claiming that the "Nu" was omitted to avoid confusion with the English word "new", and the "Xi" was omitted because "Xi" is a common surname, and the organization recognizes it. Really want to avoid offending any group. It can be said that it wants to cover up, the more it is described, the more black it is, and the truth is all in silence.

“'Nu' is too easily confounded with 'new,'” Tarik Jasarevic, a WHO spokesman, said on Saturday. “And 'Xi' was not used because it is a common last name.”

He added that the agency's best practices for naming diseases suggest avoiding “causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups.”

At the beginning, it refused to name the place where the virus was found, and it was easy to use "new crown". Now, I am afraid of offending a "common surname". Haven't you considered the feelings of the beer company? It is reported that the business of the Mexican beer brand Corona (Corona) has slumped and was forced to stop production in April last year. This unjust case is a joke for future generations.