Scariant

"Scariant" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Public health officials derided the X-MPLE strain as a "scariant" last night.

Initial reactions have been sceptical at best, with prominent experts suggesting the apparent new strain looks more like a “scariant” – an unconfirmed strain causing a global scare – than a variant.

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