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You know, because of coronavirus

Too many dots on the field. Gotta contain this shit!

It's not "coronavirus." It's COVID-19.

Coronavirus is an entire, huge category of viruses that includes many forms of the common cold, in addition to more severe and mutated strains such as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. COVID-19 is the particular strain of mutated coronavirus that began in Wuhan, China and is now spreading worldwide.

Saying "coronavirus" when you mean "COVID-19" is like saying "pizza" when you mean "pineapple-and-anchovy pizza," or like saying "car" when you mean "red 2020 Ford Taurus," or like saying "cat" when you mean "tiger." A tiger is a type of cat, but most cats are not tigers. A tiger is a hell of a lot more dangerous than a cat, so calling a tiger a "cat" when it's on the loose in a city is dangerously vague.

Sorry, this has been bugging me for the past month. But people widely calling it "coronavirus" is what leads to idiots googling "coronavirus" and then saying shit on Facebook like "CORONAVIRUS IS JUST THE COMMON COLD, PEOPLE!!! THEY'RE LYING TO YOU TO GET YOU TO PANIC SO THEY CAN CONTROL YOU!!!1!" And then some other idiot reads that and believes it, ignores their symptoms when they develop a mild case of COVID-19, and passes it on to 20 other people -- including, hypothetically, someone with asthma, or someone fighting off lung cancer, or an 80-year-old grandmother.

Please, everyone... it's called COVID-19. Don't let misinformation literally kill people.

Originally posted by Novus
It's not "coronavirus." It's COVID-19.

Coronavirus is an entire, huge category of viruses that includes many forms of the common cold, in addition to more severe and mutated strains such as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. COVID-19 is the particular strain of mutated coronavirus that began in Wuhan, China and is now spreading worldwide.

Saying "coronavirus" when you mean "COVID-19" is like saying "pizza" when you mean "pineapple-and-anchovy pizza," or like saying "car" when you mean "red 2020 Ford Taurus," or like saying "cat" when you mean "tiger." A tiger is a type of cat, but most cats are not tigers. A tiger is a hell of a lot more dangerous than a cat, so calling a tiger a "cat" when it's on the loose in a city is dangerously vague.

Sorry, this has been bugging me for the past month. But people widely calling it "coronavirus" is what leads to idiots googling "coronavirus" and then saying shit on Facebook like "CORONAVIRUS IS JUST THE COMMON COLD, PEOPLE!!! THEY'RE LYING TO YOU TO GET YOU TO PANIC SO THEY CAN CONTROL YOU!!!1!" And then some other idiot reads that and believes it, ignores their symptoms when they develop a mild case of COVID-19, and passes it on to 20 other people -- including, hypothetically, someone with asthma, or someone fighting off lung cancer, or an 80-year-old grandmother.

Please, everyone... it's called COVID-19. Don't let misinformation literally kill people.

OMG THANKS I HAD NO IDEA.

Originally posted by Novus
It's not "coronavirus." It's COVID-19.

Coronavirus is an entire, huge category of viruses that includes many forms of the common cold, in addition to more severe and mutated strains such as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. COVID-19 is the particular strain of mutated coronavirus that began in Wuhan, China and is now spreading worldwide.

Saying "coronavirus" when you mean "COVID-19" is like saying "pizza" when you mean "pineapple-and-anchovy pizza," or like saying "car" when you mean "red 2020 Ford Taurus," or like saying "cat" when you mean "tiger." A tiger is a type of cat, but most cats are not tigers. A tiger is a hell of a lot more dangerous than a cat, so calling a tiger a "cat" when it's on the loose in a city is dangerously vague.

Sorry, this has been bugging me for the past month. But people widely calling it "coronavirus" is what leads to idiots googling "coronavirus" and then saying shit on Facebook like "CORONAVIRUS IS JUST THE COMMON COLD, PEOPLE!!! THEY'RE LYING TO YOU TO GET YOU TO PANIC SO THEY CAN CONTROL YOU!!!1!" And then some other idiot reads that and believes it, ignores their symptoms when they develop a mild case of COVID-19, and passes it on to 20 other people -- including, hypothetically, someone with asthma, or someone fighting off lung cancer, or an 80-year-old grandmother.

Please, everyone... it's called COVID-19. Don't let misinformation literally kill people.

and people say you can't learn things from playing dotball

Doc Novus.

Also straight from the World Health Organization

Originally posted by
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus that had not been previously identified in humans.
The virus causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever and in more severe cases, pneumonia. You can protect yourself by washing your hands frequently and avoiding touching your face.

So Novus, I get what you're saying, but it is also technically called "Coronavirus".

Originally posted by dergillz
So Novus, I get what you're saying, but it is also technically called "Coronavirus".



So COVID-19 is *a* coronavirus. So are many other things. The issue with the WHO's statement is grammatical; they shouldn't have used parenthesis. It should have just been "Coronavirus disease COVID-19...." just like saying "Football player Tom Brady..."

So talking about having "coronavirus" would be like referring to every football player as "Football Player" It is technically accurate but isn't specific and loses a lot of the meaning because people *think* that it is supposed to be referencing just this one example of the virus, leading to potentially misleading info like Novus pointed out.

I'm worried for all the old dots way past plateau.
When this stuff hits they'll be dropping like flies.

Originally posted by nexill
So COVID-19 is *a* coronavirus. So are many other things. The issue with the WHO's statement is grammatical; they shouldn't have used parenthesis. It should have just been "Coronavirus disease COVID-19...." just like saying "Football player Tom Brady..."

So talking about having "coronavirus" would be like referring to every football player as "Football Player" It is technically accurate but isn't specific and loses a lot of the meaning because people *think* that it is supposed to be referencing just this one example of the virus, leading to potentially misleading info like Novus pointed out.

I'm not arguing what you or Novus is saying at all. I actually agree, but literally everyone including the World Health Org calls it coronavirus. I'm going to guess they are way more educated than we are on the subject.

I guess I should clarify, I'm not mad at Dergillz in particular for saying "coronavirus." PLENTY of people are doing that right now... including people at the World Health Organization who are caught between giving technically correct information versus giving information that people will understand. Since calling it "the coronavirus" has taken hold in public conversation, the WHO can't ignore it... but the WHO has made plenty of other attempts to educate people that COVID-19 is one of many forms of coronavirus. I'm not a doctor, but I'm confident my read on this is correct, for whatever that's worth. Probably not much, but there ya go.

It's just my own, likely futile little attempt to add some precision and accuracy to the conversation.

So.......
Please don't cancel GLB
You know, because of coronavirus

Originally posted by RedneckGopher
So.......
Please don't cancel GLB
You know, because of coronavirus

...yes.

wat is this

Originally posted by Daedalus
wat is this

It's a virus, originated in China. May or may not be a tool of the illuminati to control the masses, may or may not be the beginning of the end. Just cover yourself in hand sanitiser and lock yourself away for a fortnight...