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WHO names new COVID variant ‘Omicron’
Nypost ^ | 11/26/2021 | Emily Crane

Posted on 11/26/2021 10:59:03 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa was given the name Omicron by the World Health Organization on Friday.

An advisory panel classified Omicron as a highly transmissible virus of concern and gave it its name under its Greek-letter system.

It marks the first time in months that WHO has classified a COVID-19 variant with such a name – and is only the fifth variant to be given the designation amid the pandemic.

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KEYWORDS: 2; botswana; chinavirus; covid; names; omicron; omicronomicronomicro; variant; who
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To: ChicagoConservative27

L A U G H A B L E !


21 posted on 11/26/2021 11:30:27 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just a few days ago the experts said not to worry about this 30 mutations variant, that only a dozen cases have been seen and that it is unstable and thus unlikely to be highly contagious. Now it has a name and is in several countries and flights are being cancelled again and Europe is ready to lock everyone down and they’ve got up to 2000 cases identified in South Africa and elsewhere.


22 posted on 11/26/2021 11:31:33 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They skipped ten letters after Delta. I can understand why they skipped some (Iota, suggesting insignificance; Mu, suggesting cows; nu, suggesting “new”; and Xi, suggesting China). But what was wrong with Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Kappa, and Lambda?


23 posted on 11/26/2021 11:32:15 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: ChicagoConservative27; Conservative4Life


Someone that is a Futurama fan?
I'm so tired of this BS of naming colds like hurricanes to continue the mass hysteria.
24 posted on 11/26/2021 11:34:38 AM PST by Trillian
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Which alphabet will they switch to after they run out of Greek letters?


25 posted on 11/26/2021 11:35:05 AM PST by x
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To: ChicagoConservative27

what happened to N?


26 posted on 11/26/2021 11:35:42 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wasn’t Oricron Sete 3 in a Star Trek episode?


27 posted on 11/26/2021 11:44:11 AM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

As I said on the other thread, when you get right down to it, all the WHO has to do these days is come up with a real fearsome name, categorize a few scattered pneumonia cases as the new “variant,” and send out a press release.

The worldwide Leftist media and politicians take care of the rest.

It’s just become too easy for them.


28 posted on 11/26/2021 11:45:48 AM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My pet pangolin.is shivering with fear


29 posted on 11/26/2021 11:46:02 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

As in Omicron Persei 8 !

I knew Lrr was behind this !


30 posted on 11/26/2021 11:47:28 AM PST by Reily
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As in Omicron Persei 8 !

I knew Lrr was behind this !


31 posted on 11/26/2021 11:48:06 AM PST by Reily
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My name for this variant was the AfriCooties or The Lumumba


32 posted on 11/26/2021 11:51:20 AM PST by dennisw
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To: Trillian

When this post went up, I said o myself, where have I heard that word. You nailed it! Watched all of that series with my kids. Big laughs!


33 posted on 11/26/2021 11:54:04 AM PST by refermech
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To: Kenny500c

That’s right.


34 posted on 11/26/2021 11:56:00 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Commiecron from Wuhan


35 posted on 11/26/2021 11:59:05 AM PST by MountainDad (A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

People may think that the variants are fraternities.


36 posted on 11/26/2021 12:02:28 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Omicron looks like a neat emoticon:

O_o

I used that one when someone said something stupid.


37 posted on 11/26/2021 12:09:39 PM PST by Celerity
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why not call it biological warfare? Hmm...well then we would have to find out who cooked it up!


38 posted on 11/26/2021 12:09:58 PM PST by gr8eman (When you're bought and paid for by commies...you're a commie!)
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To: Phinneous
Hadn't been on FR because I was busy with something else.

As soon as I was finished, I saw this thread title.

You know how God always gets there first.

Omicron is the one that is "70", but not in age.

Omicron in Hebrew [אומיקרון] = 413, and remember what Buzz said just at the point the eagle had landed, mere seconds before it was reported.

"413 is in."

Hey it's just a number, could be anything besides landing codes/coordinate instructions. E.g., "Book of Life", ספר החיים.

How dumb is this gibberish. After all, omicron is a Greek word/letter/number.

Okay... "Seventy" in Greek [Ἑβδομήκοντα] = 570. Latin as LXX. Translation: the Gentile Torah.

"Observe my statues!"

(You no rush Michelangelo.)

The "Final Verdict" and all that. David lived to the age of 70.

Been 19 51 one years since AD 70.

70 ---> the time for a mighty rescue.

Probably need some validation though, like harps hanging along a willow by the rivers of Babylon, because a lot of end-timers insist that America is "Mystery Babylon."

It will solve the age old lament about how can we sing a song of Zion [under these circumstances]? Oh, about a brisk 10 min walk from Mars will take you to the answer..

When you arrive, you'll see on the sign that Jupiter aligns with Mars.

It's all orchestrated. :)

39 posted on 11/26/2021 12:20:21 PM PST by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

XI variant would not be pc


40 posted on 11/26/2021 12:22:15 PM PST by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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