How a COVID variant became a case study in how not to brand anything, including a virus!

Omicron: One of the Great Branding Debacles of All Time

The naming of the latest COVID variant is a case study in why labels matter — and provides an important lesson for all organizations on the perils involved with naming anything — even a disease!

David C. Wyld
Better Marketing
Published in
11 min readNov 29, 2021

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