"Covid+" was a tweet, not the research article. As always, the distinction between two tightly bound things is not important when you talking about features co

"Covid+" was a tweet, not the research article. As always, the distinction between two tightly bound things is not important when you talking about features common to both, such as which people have them. Humans tend to migrate toward shorter more pronouncable, easier to type terms. Language evolves like a virus ;-) https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/synecdoche-metonymy-usage-differences https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/synecdoche-met...