The world of news is complex - and false stories and images are often widely shared on social media. Blasting News’s editorial team spots the most popular hoaxes and misleading information every week to help you discern truth from falsehood. Here are some of the most shared false claims of this week, of which none are legit.

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The word Omicron does not mean ‘end time’ in Greek

False claim: Posts shared on social media claim that the word Omicron, used by the WHO (World Health Organization) to name the latest variant of the Coronavirus, means “end time” in Greek. “Omi Omni Omega Greek for (end) Cron Chron Chronos Greek for (time) Omicron is the ‘end time’ virus,” reads some of the posts.

Truth:

• In an interview with Reuters, Paris Papamichos Chronakis, lecturer in Modern Greek History at Royal Holloway, University of London, said that the letters Omicron and Omega are distinct and that Omicron is actually composed of the words “o” and “micron” (little), and not “chronos” (time).

• Also to Reuters, Anastasia Giannakidou, director at the Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of Chicago, said that the correct term for the word “end” in Greek is “telos”, and not “omega.”

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Video does not show BioNTech CEO refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine

False claim: Social media users have shared a video of an interview of BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin in which he claims that he had not yet taken the COVID-19 vaccine.

The posts are followed by the claim that Sahin allegedly...

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