Delta CEO reveals he's still refusing to call it the Delta variant

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Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian still isn't referring to the latest coronavirus variant as "Delta."Instead, he uses the scientific name, B.1.617.2. He's also said Delta just calls it "the variant."
Delta's chief health officer has joked that B.1.617.2 "is so much more simple to say and remember…"
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Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian still refuses to call the Delta variant by its common name. In a letter sent to