This is interesting. The last "variant of concern" was Nu. The next letter in the Greek alphabet is Xi. Yet for some reason they've skipped right over that and named the new Christmas-canceller "Omicron" … 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/vEVq8uii23

— James Morrow (@pwafork) November 26, 2021

It's also an anagram of oncomir. Look that up!

— Liam (@Madblue1878) November 27, 2021

'Oncomirs are associated with carcinogenesis, malignant transformation, and metastasis.'https://t.co/OTpV3q0GUW pic.twitter.com/FxWlLMh2dz

— RooBeeDoo (@RooBeeDoo1) November 27, 2021