[Ads-l] origin of the term "coronavirus"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I don't hear "Nobody wants to get the coronavirus."

What I hear is "Nobody wants to get coronavirus."

The "19" in Corona Virus Disease 19" simply means "2019."

I first heard of coronaviruses ten or twenty years ago (or more) as the
family responsible for the common cold.

JL

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:11 PM Chris Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 1:56 PM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > CoronaVirus Disease = CoViD
> >
> >
> >
> Um, this was in the WHO article on naming I linked. What am I missing that
> Dan is providing I didn't?
>
> Chris
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