SARS-CoV-2 And COVID-19: What's The Difference?

Posted by $ Olduglycarl 5 years, 2 months ago to Education
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"Because there are many coronavirus types, referring to it simply as "coronavirus" is very general. The CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) encourage experts to use COVID-19 when referring to this new disease, a novel (or new) coronavirus that has not previously been seen in humans. In COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ ‘D’ for disease and 19 indicates the year it was discovered."

"Just as the general public has become familiar with this terminology, officials have also begun using SARS-CoV-2 in connection with the recent outbreak. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, shortened to SARS-CoV-2, is actually the virus that causes COVID-19 (the disease). As the name indicates, this virus is genetically related to the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2003, however it is not the same virus."

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  • Posted by $ 25n56il4 5 years, 2 months ago
    Dahling OUC...the difference is CPVOD19 was the reason for shutting down the USA!!!!!
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  • Posted by $ 5 years, 2 months ago
    In short...Sars-cov-2 is the virus that causes the Covid-19 disease.

    Now, who among you thought the WHO was trying to put something over on you?
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