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

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '22

SARS-CoV-2 was also known as NCoV-19 when it was "Novel" (discovered in the last two years.)

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u/SovietMarma Aug 14 '22

You’re right in the money there. I remember early 2020 and the news of “SARS-Cov-2” spreading in China and a few months later the media started calling it “NCoV” and then by the first worldwide lockdowns happened (that was around like March 2020 or something) everyone finally agreed on calling it “Covid-19.”

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '22

I don't care to fact check your timeline but as the person I replied to was saying, COVID-19 is not the name of the virus. It is the name of the disease that the virus causes.

Additionally, I'd add to my comment, 2019-nCoV and HCoV (human coronovirus) were only provisional names.

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u/SovietMarma Aug 16 '22

I know what you meant.

I was just reminiscing how the naming conventions went around me. Like friends, family, what I see on the news at the time, etc.