11-29-2021, 02:08 AM
China isn't a WHO benefactor. They make a substantial assessed contribution based on their GDP, as do all members, but they don't make a voluntary contribution. WHO's major benefactors are the UK, Sweden, Norway and Australia so, if anyone's pulling strings, it's Boris (the UK's assessed and voluntary contributions exceed China's assessed contribution). China doesn't give money away.
According to WHO: “‘Nu’ is too easily confounded with ‘new’, and ‘Xi’ was not used because it is a common last name ... best practices for naming disease suggest avoiding causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups”.
In fact, Xi is the 708th most common surname, so I guess there's some merit to WHO's reasoning, but I wonder if they consulted with Ms Goodrem before naming the Delta strain
According to WHO: “‘Nu’ is too easily confounded with ‘new’, and ‘Xi’ was not used because it is a common last name ... best practices for naming disease suggest avoiding causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups”.
In fact, Xi is the 708th most common surname, so I guess there's some merit to WHO's reasoning, but I wonder if they consulted with Ms Goodrem before naming the Delta strain
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball