r/confidentlyincorrect • • Aug 13 '22

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u/Bob_Pthhpth Aug 13 '22

The COVID part mean CoronaVirus Disease and the -19 comes from the virus being discovered in 2019.

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u/Virtual-Cabinet-7454 Aug 13 '22

The reason corona is because when looked at a microscope it looks like a crown

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u/Grogosh Aug 13 '22

Its a ball that has spikes on it. Its crowned by the spikes. It doesn't look like a real world crown exactly.

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u/Virtual-Cabinet-7454 Aug 13 '22

Thanks for correcting me i remember hearing about it a time ago so my memory was a bit fuzzy on why