South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says

Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by breitling on Sunday April 11, 2021 @08:04AM (#26769708)

It irks me that we call it the South African variant or the UK variant, but it was sooooo off limits to say China virus.

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Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by CodeShmode on Sunday April 11, 2021 @08:50AM (#26769990)

I get what you're saying but there is a fair bit of context and intent difference between the terms. "China virus" was pretty highly implied to convey blame and fault, but the variant terms are not similarly charged.

Case in point would be that acts of racism or violence are not being incited against races from the variant countries.

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Re:South African variant can break through Pfizer vaccine, I... by WalterGR on Sunday April 11, 2021 @08:19AM (#26769813)

None of those names are WHO best practices. https://www.who.int/news/item/08-05-2015-who-issues-best-pra...

What’s your personal preference?

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