Will Omicron’s newest subvariant, BA.2.75, be the next one to worry about? It was first found in early June in India. As of July 17, it had been found in 15 countries, including seven states in the U.S.
But laboratory analysis “is only half the equation,” says Peter Chin-Hong, MD, a professor of medicine and an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. Many other things play into whether a variant will spread. “It’s too early to tell from a virus perspective what will happen,” he says of the new variant.
But on July 1, Twitter user Xabier Ostale, who’s not an infectious disease professional, apparently tired of waiting for BA.2.75 to get a Greek name and took the task on himself. In a tweet, he dubbed the new variant Centaurus, after a constellation and from Greek mythology describing a half-human, half-horse creature. The name has stuck and is now a popular on Twitter and in news reports.
Rajendram Rajnarayanan, PhD, assistant dean of research and associate professor, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro.
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