"covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus"

I saw this phrase the other day in an article, and then I saw it again today, so I copied it to google and saw at least 5 more articles with the exact wording. I thought COVID 19 was just the name for this particular coronavirus, which is a whole group of viruses.

Have I been wrong the whole time?

pants said:

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"covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus"

I saw this phrase the other day in an article, and then I saw it again today, so I copied it to google and saw at least 5 more articles with the exact wording. I thought COVID 19 was just the name for this particular coronavirus, which is a whole group of viruses.

Have I been wrong the whole time?

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I think they word it that way because every single person now knows the word coronavirus but not everyone knows covid by now.

GE said:

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pants said:

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"covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus"

I saw this phrase the other day in an article, and then I saw it again today, so I copied it to google and saw at least 5 more articles with the exact wording. I thought COVID 19 was just the name for this particular coronavirus, which is a whole group of viruses.

Have I been wrong the whole time?

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I think they word it that way because every single person now knows the word coronavirus but not everyone knows covid by now.

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I get this, but why not word it as, "COVID19, also known as coronavirus,"

pants said:

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GE said:

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pants said:

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"covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus"

I saw this phrase the other day in an article, and then I saw it again today, so I copied it to google and saw at least 5 more articles with the exact wording. I thought COVID 19 was just the name for this particular coronavirus, which is a whole group of viruses.

Have I been wrong the whole time?

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I think they word it that way because every single person now knows the word coronavirus but not everyone knows covid by now.

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I get this, but why not word it as, "COVID19, also known as coronavirus,"

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Because the two aren't quite equivalent. C19 is not the actual virus but the clinical symptoms/outcomes caused by the virus.

Edit to add: you can also have HIV but not have AIDS if the virus is suppressed (drugs).

pants said:

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GE said:

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pants said:

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"covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus"

I saw this phrase the other day in an article, and then I saw it again today, so I copied it to google and saw at least 5 more articles with the exact wording. I thought COVID 19 was just the name for this particular coronavirus, which is a whole group of viruses.

Have I been wrong the whole time?

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I think they word it that way because every single person now knows the word coronavirus but not everyone knows covid by now.

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I get this, but why not word it as, "COVID19, also known as coronavirus,"

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That would be wrong. There are many different coronavirus strains. This one is Covid-19.

2PacShakur said:

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pants said:

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GE said:

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pants said:

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"covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus"

I saw this phrase the other day in an article, and then I saw it again today, so I copied it to google and saw at least 5 more articles with the exact wording. I thought COVID 19 was just the name for this particular coronavirus, which is a whole group of viruses.

Have I been wrong the whole time?

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I think they word it that way because every single person now knows the word coronavirus but not everyone knows covid by now.

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I get this, but why not word it as, "COVID19, also known as coronavirus,"

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Because the two aren't quite equivalent. C19 is not the actual virus but the clinical symptoms/outcomes caused by the virus.

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That's crazy! I never knew that!

I thought coronavirus is a general term for a whole class of viruses including the common cold. Does this virus not have a name?

Keegan99 said:

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COVID-19 is the condition.

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus, and it is a type of coronavirus.

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Ok, thanks! This clears it up.

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2PacShakur said:

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pants said:

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GE said:

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pants said:

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"covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus"

I saw this phrase the other day in an article, and then I saw it again today, so I copied it to google and saw at least 5 more articles with the exact wording. I thought COVID 19 was just the name for this particular coronavirus, which is a whole group of viruses.

Have I been wrong the whole time?

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I think they word it that way because every single person now knows the word coronavirus but not everyone knows covid by now.

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I get this, but why not word it as, "COVID19, also known as coronavirus,"

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Because the two aren't quite equivalent. C19 is not the actual virus but the clinical symptoms/outcomes caused by the virus.

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That's crazy! I never knew that!

I thought coronavirus is a general term for a whole class of viruses including the common cold. Does this virus not have a name?

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SARS-CoV-2 I believe is the more technical name, distinguishing it from the previous SARS outbreak, SARS-CoV.

Covid19 literally means coronavirus disease 2019.

It's the disease caused by this particular coronavirus.

WGAS

So is this the standard used to report cases? How does one have COVID-19 but not show symptoms if it's the disease and not the pathogen?

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So is this the standard used to report cases? How does one have COVID-19 but not show symptoms if it's the disease and not the pathogen?

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You can have a disease and not show symptoms, that's what being asymptomatic is. Most people that are asymptomatic in the US won't know they have an infection of the sars-cov-2 virus, resulting in COVID 19, because they wont be tested.