>>13491727Trump. He called it the China virus which instantly made it racist to use a place name to name a virus. But because that had long been the standard, when the variants popped up, they used place names where they were identified. It was pointed out that this was inconsistent with the charges of racism made against Trump. The response was "Nuh uh, a variant isn't the same as a virus so it's ok". They stuck with that for about a month and a half before realizing no one was buying that and were having fun calling everyone who used those names racist. That's when they changed over the greek letters.
