Death metal band Omicron will not change name over new COVID-19 variant
nme.comCOVID-19 variant of the same name.The new variant has been dubbed ‘of concern’ by the World Health Organisation, partly due to the lack of known information around its transmissibility and likelihood of it causing severe illness.As the variant continues to spread around the world, Omicron – the band – spoke to VICE about whether they had any intentions to change their name in wake of the new discovery.“Nobody could predict that this would happen and we hope that people will see that,” the band said.“[Are] we planning to change our name?
Hell no. We will not let a virus determine the way our concept should be perceived.”In an earlier Facebook post, the band specified that they pulled their name from the Omicron galaxy system, and not the new.
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