It's the Indian variant. India demanded social media remove all reference of it as there is no such variant of Covid-19 scientifically cited as such by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and no one could prove it was real for India. So all new variants are being labelled with latin (alpha, beta, gamma, etc). It sounds more menacing and can just spread fear and confusion easier now. And no more 'racist' names like shanghai shivers or wu-flu or yellow fever.
It's the Indian variant. India demanded social media remove all reference of it as there is no such variant of Covid-19 scientifically cited as such by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and no one could prove it was real for India. So all new variants are being labelled with latin (alpha, beta, gamma, etc). It sounds more menacing and can just spread fear and confusion easier now. And no more 'racist' names like shanghai shivers or wu-flu or yellow fever.
I thought it was because everyone who lives in Delta is brown.