Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Jr. taunt the WHO for skipping 'Xi' to name the new coronavirus variant 'Omicron'

 

The WHO skipped two letters of the Greek alphabet to name the new coronavirus variant Omicron.

Some have speculated that the letter Xi was skipped to avoid confusion with the Chinese President's surname.

The WHO reportedly said they made the decision 

because Xi is a common last name in China

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Jr. taunt the WHO for skipping 'Xi' to name the new coronavirus variant 'Omicron'

Texas Senator Ted Cruz (L), Donald Trump Jr. (R).

Texas Senator Ted Cruz (L), Donald Trump Jr. (R). Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images (L), Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (R)

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The WHO skipped two letters of the Greek alphabet to name the new coronavirus variant Omicron.

Some have speculated that the letter Xi was skipped to avoid confusion with the Chinese President's surname.

The WHO reportedly said they made the decision because Xi is a common last name in China.

Right-wing figures, including Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Jr., have criticized the World Health Organization for skipping the Greek letter Xi and naming the new coronavirus variant Omicron.

The WHO has been naming coronavirus variants after Greek letters of the alphabet, believing this would "be easier and more practical to be discussed by non-scientific audiences

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Using that system, the following variant should have been called Nu and, after that, Xi.

Following an announcement on Friday that the new variant would be called Omicron, speculation arose that the two letters were skipped to avoid confusion with the English word "new" and avoid antagonizing Chinese President Xi Jinping.

(The Greek letter and Chinese surname are written the same but pronounced differently.)

"If the WHO is this scared of the Chinese Communist Party, how can they be trusted to call them out the next time they're trying to cover up a catastrophic global pandemic?" Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted.