The virus was and is called SARS-Cov-2, that's just fact. The reason to call it SARS-Cov-2, it that is its name. Calling it something else would be likened to deciding to call somebody Jim who's name is Bob, and then being corrected by Bob to his actual name but saying to Bob; nah I like Jim better and if get enough people to do it, then your name effectively is now Jim.

That's exactly what is going on when somebody calls the virus COVID-19 vs SARS-Cov-2.

Coronaviridae Study Group is what I'm finding for the entity responsible for naming it.

CDC is not involved with naming it. The same day (11 Feb), that CSG named the virus the WHO named the disease caused by the virus: COVID-19)

Because "Asia"* insisted nobody uses the actual virus name to avoid freaking out people affected by SARS-Cov-1, lead to this confusion that the virus and the disease are the same name.

* I don't know which entities were involved in course correction on the use of the official name, they should have but didn't suggest an alternative.

Before 11 Feb, the virus had a nickname: 2019-nCoV. That was the official moniker for the virus and back as early as the first week of January, most entities used some variation of wuhan virus or novel corona virus. Do a search on old news feeds from January from any legacy media I found ten different references in 2 minutes.

To avoid using the non PC term I programed in a keyboard shortcut:



Now if I inadvertently attempt to type wuhan virus I will get an auto correct to SARS-Cov-2 .

I've not been trying to convince people it's totally fine to use the term that some people find offensive, I'm saying there is no reason to be offended. You feel how you feel though and I have no reason to use the nickname since noise I have a shortcut to type SARS-Cov-2.

Most "news" entities use the term coronavirus and usually in the correct context. I'm not "fine" with that but it's taken root and there is no way to change it now

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