The pandemic continues to educate us. Before it began, most people didn’t know what epidemiologists did for a living, hadn’t heard of “flattening the curve” or the phrase “social distancing”. Now, anyone who doesn’t know the Greek alphabet is about to learn it.
The World Health Organisation is using this alphabet to name new variants of the virus that cause COVID-19.
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Jill Margo is based in the Sydney office. Jill has won multiple prizes, including two Walkley Awards and is an adjunct associate professor at School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Connect with Jill on Twitter. Email Jill at jmargo@afr.com
