COVID-19 variant of concern B.1.1.7 has a new name: Alpha. Will it stick?
An expert group has recommended using letters of the Greek alphabet like Alpha, Beta and Gamma as easy-to-pronounce and non-stigmatizing labels for COVID variants
June 1, 2021 A woman waits at a bus stop by a sign warning members of the public about a Coronavirus variant of concern in Hounslow, west London on June 1, 2021. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)
Last week, Dr. Lynora Saxinger was getting tongue-tied as she talked to
Maclean’s about variants of concern (VOCs), B.1.617.2, B.1.1.7, B.1.351 and P.1. “Why don’t we actually give them Greek alphabet names?” she said.
Having already received all of this advice, Ford is asking for it again. If the advice didn’t convince him before, will it make a difference this time?
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“All is moving in the right direction,” he said.
“It would be great if students, in my mind, could be back in for those three or four weeks before the summer break.”
Other public health officials, doctors and those who work with children have also told Ford what they think.
“We write to express our full and unequivocal support for the reopening of schools as essential for children,” states a joint letter from the CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children and the chairperson of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health to Education Minister Stephen Lecce last week.
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