[hahahaha23w]

WHO said it was because Xi was a common last name. But I can confirm Xi isn’t a common Chinese last name. It ranks 332 by population, https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A0%E5%A7%93

810k out of 1.4billion. 0.05%

[anshumankmr]

I know their explanation is a weak one but 810K is a lot of people.

[hahahaha23w]

The Chinese last name Mu ranks 98 by population. We didn’t see WHO do anything about it. They simply knelt to dictator and found a stupid excuse

[anshumankmr]

Of course, it is a lame excuse from the WHO.

[LogonType10]

In China it's not.

[anshumankmr]

I agree. But you can't deny it is still a lot of people who use Xi as their last name. There are nearly a million in China alone. But I agree that is a weak argument. If a surname is a problem, someone can use that logic to claim the name Corona virus was damaging to the Corona beer brand or the delta variant was damaging to Delta Airlines.

[LogonType10]

You make great points for the other Greek letters.

[anshumankmr]

I meant it as a joke but it is a potentially slippery slope. However, I personally believe there is a simpler explanation: they wish to disassociate the virus from the country China and as a consequence, the racism Chinese immigrants have faced all over the world. This should not be okay irrespective of whether one believes the lab leak theory or not.