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Old 05-14-2020, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DDVeteran View Post
I prefer the scientific acronym, Covid-19. Anything else is just a nickname.
Actually, that is NOT the scientific name. That would be SARS-COVI-2. But standard accepted nomenclature would identify it by it's origin point, hence Wuhan Virus.
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