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Delta Air Lines refuses to use the name of the delta variant: 'We just call it the variant"
US Airlines have been facing unusual pressure again in the past few weeks after spike in covid variant cases and some are starting to mandate Vax for their employees. Delta Air Lines has an interesting additional strategy to cope with current situation due to unfortunate naming similarity with the recent WHO proposed name for the covid variant dominant in the US currently:
Delta Air Lines refuses to use the name of the delta COVID-19 variant: 'We just call it the variant'
Thomas Pallini
Delta Air Lines is lamenting the unfortunate naming of a new COVID-19 variant.
Delta Air Lines has joined Corona beer in the exclusive club of brands that have been wronged by the naming of the novel coronavirus and its variants.
Among the latest variants of the novel coronavirus is B.1.617.2 variant, better known as the "delta" variant. The World Health Organization began giving variants official names based on letters of the Greek alphabet to reduce stigmatizing names based on country of origin.
The delta variant, for example, was first discovered in India and has been known for being more easily transmissible than predecessors, even among vaccinated individuals. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, believes the Delta variant will peak in late September, as Insider's Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce reported, as it's now the dominant strain in the US.
But Delta Air Lines isn't amused at the irony and its chief executive officer, Ed Bastian, told the Wall Street Journal that they don't call the delta variant by its WHO-given name. "We just call it the variant," Bastian said.
businessinsider.com/delta-refuses-to-use-name-of-new-covid-19-variant-2021-7
Recent related discussion on the naming controversy before new conventions were adopted by news media to discourage geographic stigmatization:
Quote:
There seems to be evolution in nomenclature used for this variant. Apparently because its original name "B.1.617.2 variant" was difficult to remember, news media started calling it "India variant" early on. Recently a simpler new name "Delta variant" was devised, part of it could be for PC reasons too and most MSM news tend to use that now.
While looking up this variant's naming history, came across some other news reports that seem to reinforce covid-travel restrictions/race related aspects (that some esteemed forum members alluded to).
WHO announces new names for Covid variants as India asks social media to remove the term "Indian variant"
US Airlines have been facing unusual pressure again in the past few weeks after spike in covid variant cases and some are starting to mandate Vax for their employees. Delta Air Lines has an interesting additional strategy to cope with current situation due to unfortunate naming similarity with the recent WHO proposed name for the covid variant dominant in the US currently:
Delta Air Lines refuses to use the name of the delta COVID-19 variant: 'We just call it the variant'
Thomas Pallini
Delta Air Lines is lamenting the unfortunate naming of a new COVID-19 variant.
- Delta Air Lines does not use the name of the new COVID-19 variant named "delta" by the World Health Organization.
- CEO Ed Bastian told the Wall Street Journal "we just call it the variant."
- The Greek alphabet is used when naming variants to discourage stigmatization based on their country of origin.
Delta Air Lines has joined Corona beer in the exclusive club of brands that have been wronged by the naming of the novel coronavirus and its variants.
Among the latest variants of the novel coronavirus is B.1.617.2 variant, better known as the "delta" variant. The World Health Organization began giving variants official names based on letters of the Greek alphabet to reduce stigmatizing names based on country of origin.
The delta variant, for example, was first discovered in India and has been known for being more easily transmissible than predecessors, even among vaccinated individuals. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, believes the Delta variant will peak in late September, as Insider's Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce reported, as it's now the dominant strain in the US.
But Delta Air Lines isn't amused at the irony and its chief executive officer, Ed Bastian, told the Wall Street Journal that they don't call the delta variant by its WHO-given name. "We just call it the variant," Bastian said.
businessinsider.com/delta-refuses-to-use-name-of-new-covid-19-variant-2021-7
Recent related discussion on the naming controversy before new conventions were adopted by news media to discourage geographic stigmatization:
Quote:
There seems to be evolution in nomenclature used for this variant. Apparently because its original name "B.1.617.2 variant" was difficult to remember, news media started calling it "India variant" early on. Recently a simpler new name "Delta variant" was devised, part of it could be for PC reasons too and most MSM news tend to use that now.
While looking up this variant's naming history, came across some other news reports that seem to reinforce covid-travel restrictions/race related aspects (that some esteemed forum members alluded to).
WHO announces new names for Covid variants as India asks social media to remove the term "Indian variant"
TIME Raged When Trump Said 'Chinese Virus'; Squeamish with India Blocking 'Indian variant'
TIME has claimed that India’s new internet rules do not give the Govt legal basis to demand such a broad takedown like removal of the term Indian variant
TIME Magazine's Twitter
Taking umbrage to the term 'Indian variant' of COVID-19, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on Friday issued a directive to all social media platforms to 'remove all content referring to or implying to the 'Indian variant' immediately. The Centre cited the recent clarification made by World Health Organisation (WHO) stating that the B.1.617.2 variant in India was not classified as the 'Indian variant'.
American news magazine TIME has however termed it as the Government’s ‘clamping down’ on social media. In its latest article, TIME has claimed that India’s new internet rules do not give the government the legal basis to demand such a “broad takedown like removal of the term Indian variant.“But there’s a vague sense of threat which hangs in the air. The rules that are just about to come into force are so onerous and so vague that they give immense power to governments,” reads the article, citing one Apar Gupta of the Internet Freedom Foundation in New Delhi.It went on to say that the Government’s pressure on social media companies has become ‘increasingly common in India, citing a false news piece which claimed that the Centre forced Facebook and Twitter to remove posts that were critical of the government’s response to the second wave of the pandemic.
Hypocrisy much?
The TIME article openly backs social media posts using the term ‘Indian variant’ but was irked when former US President Donald Trump referred to COVID-19 as the "China Virus" while in office. Last year, when Trump repeatedly used term like “Chinese Virus” or “Kung Flu virus” amid the pandemic, TIME said the President is part of a ‘long history of associating diseases with certain countries.’“Trump and many of his allies are doubling down on COVID-19 as the ‘Chinese virus’ at a moment when the disease unconfined to any one region. The fear may be linked to a desire to fix the blame on someone else. That’s a repeating pattern in US history and so is the damage it can cause,” read the TIME article published in March 2020.The American magazine’s ‘double standards’ were exposed by a Twitter user (erbmjha) on Thursday, who shared snips of the two articles - Govt’s crackdown on the use of ‘Indian variant’ and Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ reference. “TIME cried when Trump called ‘Chinese Virus’ but has no problem calling it Indian variant,” the tweet read.
