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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4175858, member: 2844"]I don't think it is about blaming anyone, but rather a start to getting a grip on an illness or mutations. If a Japanese researcher identifies a new mutation, it will probably be called Japanese at first.</p><p>Yes, people can get upset. We never got upset about the English term 'Dutch elm disease' btw, for a fungus that originated in Asia.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> Dutch scientists identified it, hence the name. The same way Brazilian, Indian and South African scientists identified covid mutations.</p><p>I don't know how the Spanish feel about the term Spanish flu, for a disease that originated in the US (as far as I know) but was first identified in Spain, but the term is still used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greek letters for the variants is certainly easier than a long list of hyphenated Latin letters and numbers. Let's just hope the Greeks won't protest.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is what they originally thought, but it seems they are not so sure now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4175858, member: 2844"]I don't think it is about blaming anyone, but rather a start to getting a grip on an illness or mutations. If a Japanese researcher identifies a new mutation, it will probably be called Japanese at first. Yes, people can get upset. We never got upset about the English term 'Dutch elm disease' btw, for a fungus that originated in Asia.:D Dutch scientists identified it, hence the name. The same way Brazilian, Indian and South African scientists identified covid mutations. I don't know how the Spanish feel about the term Spanish flu, for a disease that originated in the US (as far as I know) but was first identified in Spain, but the term is still used. Greek letters for the variants is certainly easier than a long list of hyphenated Latin letters and numbers. Let's just hope the Greeks won't protest.;) That is what they originally thought, but it seems they are not so sure now.[/QUOTE]
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