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[TamerVirus]

But as you can see, that drink is full of Corona!

[delphonso]

The WHO has renamed the virus COVID-19, which sounds a bit cooler. They listed a vaccine being publicly available in 18 months, which isn't really what I wanted to hear, but is probably realistic.

[Naturegirl1999]

why the name change? what does the ID part stand for?

[TamerVirus]

2019-nCoV was a placeholder name. This new name basically tries to avoid the stigmatized names of the past, I.E. places (Marbug Virus, MERS) people (Chagas disease) or occupation (Legionnaires' disease)

COVI - coronavirus
D- disease
19- 2019

Really doesn't matter right now though as everyone is calling it Coronavirus or Wuhan virus

[Naturegirl1999]

Thanks for the info

[Ulfarr]

Not exactly. COVID 19 refers to the disease caused by 2019-nCov.

[Naturegirl1999]

Thank you

[TamerVirus]

Not exactly. COVID 19 refers to the disease caused by 2019-nCov.

Right!
2019-nCoV has instead been renamed to SARS-Cov-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
Literally SARS 2- Cytokine Boogaloo

[scriver]

Corvid Feber

[Iduno]

The WHO has renamed the virus COVID-19, which sounds a bit cooler. They listed a vaccine being publicly available in 18 months, which isn't really what I wanted to hear, but is probably realistic.

Do we know yet which 19 ravens are to blame?

[Ulfarr]

WHO: "We wanted to avoid the stigmatized names of the past."
CSG: "It's SARS II, bitch!"
WHO: "...Motherfucker..."

[Craftsdwarf boi]

Has the outbreak reached pandemic levels?
I heard the Chinese military (mostly army medics) participating in treating the virus.

[delphonso]

Has the outbreak reached pandemic levels?
I heard the Chinese military (mostly army medics) participating in treating the virus.

Depends on your definition of pandemic. Technically, yes - as every province of China has at least 1 case of the virus at this point.

Basically every government organization is focused on the virus in some way right now. Military are maintaining the quarantine and travel restrictions, as far as I know. I ran into a couple checks going to the airport and then home, there were a couple military guys there (which is usual - there are some checkpoints on highways for vehicle registration stuff) and a doctor (don't know if she was military or not). They just checked our temperatures and sent us on our way.

[Trekkin]

Nobody's mentioned Vir Bio's mAbs to the spike protein yet, I see.

[TamerVirus]

China is now counting clinically diagnosed cases in its numbers now vs laboratory confirmed
As a result: 14,840 new cases, 242 deaths today in Hubei
Yesterday was 1,638 cases, 94 deaths