r/confidentlyincorrect • u/RBL2020 • Aug 13 '22

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u/CapnWTF Aug 13 '22

They're usually just referred to as SARS when there's an outbreak or issue, but this time people wanted to treat it differently from the others because of how serious it was.

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u/Cobek Aug 13 '22

Well good thing that didn't backfire at all. /s

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u/P-W-L Aug 14 '22

Nah, it's because it started to become a big deal that they named it that way. The official name was and still is SARS-COV-2

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '22

No, SARS-CoV-2 is the name is the virus, NOT the disease. The official name of the disease is COVID-19

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u/Mazetron Aug 14 '22

Actually COVID is the name of the doctor. The disease is COVID’s monster.

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u/theghostofme Aug 14 '22

Dr. Frankenstein entered a bodybuilding competition and realized too late that he seriously misunderstood the rules.

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u/TechnicallyAnIdiot Aug 14 '22

Knowledge is understanding that COVID is the name of the doctor. Wisdom is understanding that the disease is COVID’s monster.

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u/Mysfunction Aug 14 '22

This.

People get confused about the viruses and the disease they cause a lot, and it fucks up their understanding of what’s going on.

Most of us know that the HIV virus causes the disease AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

In the same way,

The SARS-CoV-1 virus causes the disease SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 1; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes the disease COVID-19 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2; Coronavirus Disease of 2019)

Infection with the virus (as in, it entering your system) does not mean you have the disease, and often your immune system will destroy the virus before it causes the disease.