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[retracted] and I hope this is just a misunderstanding. As the director of the World Health Organization (WHO) said, 2019-nCoV is a novel (new) coronavirus.[0]

[retracted] and I hope this is just a misunderstanding. As the director of the World Health Organization (WHO) said, 2019-nCoV is a novel (new) coronavirus.[0] The CDC defines coronavirus as a virus that was not previously known — check the FAQ, “what is a novel coronavirus?”[0.5] They changed the name of this coronavirus to reflect the disease more accurately to COVID-19.[1] The CDC has a list of other coronavirus’ that have existed.[2] 0: https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1227297754499764230?s=20 https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1227297754499764230?s=20 0.5: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html 1: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-2019-ncov-on-11-february-2020 https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-... 2: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html —— Edit: Since there seems to be a misunderstanding from everybody’s part on this as it’s referred to as both and often interchangeably in a mainstream setting, take a look at John Hopkins guide: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540747/all/Coronavirus_COVID_19__SARS_CoV_2_ https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX...

okintheory 6y ago
No, the comment above is correct, and your own links show this. From link [2]: "SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19)" The previous comment was just making the point that the (new) virus is called SARS-CoV-2 and the associated disease is called COVID-19.
COVIDisntCORONA 6y ago
Excuse the incivility, but no. COVID-19: disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV-2: strain of SARS-CoV SARS-CoV: severe accute respiratory syndrome coronavirus Coronavirus: virus that causes respiratory diseases in mammals, such as SARS (SARS-CoV) MERS (MERS-CoV), and COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)
- amelius 6y ago
  Kind of strange that the name of the virus contains the symptoms of the disease (SARS = severe accute respiratory syndrome) while the disease doesn't.
- ArnoVW 6y ago
  I'll add that the family of viruses is called Corona virus because they are 'crown shaped'
- tacon 6y ago
  >SARS-CoV-2: strain of SARS-CoV Excuse the incivility, but no. SARS-CoV-2 is not a strain or type of SARS-CoV. The viruses share ancestors, but SARS-CoV-2 did not come directly from SARS-CoV. SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are in the category of beta coronaviruses[0]. "The whole genome-based phylogenetic analysis presented that two Bat SARS-like CoVs (ZXC21 and ZC45) were the closest relatives of SARS-CoV-2."[1] [0] https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/3/240/htm https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/3/240/htm [1] https://www.mdpi.com/pathogens/pathogens-09-00240/article_deploy/html/images/pathogens-09-00240-g002.png https://www.mdpi.com/pathogens/pathogens-09-00240/article_de...
  - COVIDisntCORONA 6y ago
    Excuse the incivility once again, but no. While we're on the topic of linguistic pedantary, strain isn't exclusive to direct mutations from a parent genome. Strains, like much of biological taxonomy, are a human abstraction to make communication of the idea of -- in this case -- "a virus sharing similar properties to coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome" -- albeit this is a very simplified definition for the sake of brevity. SARS is caused by SARS-CoV-1 and COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2. Rather, if we would like to be absolutely correct about these classifications, we would say SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 are both strains of SARSr-CoV (Severe accute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus), which in itself is a species, an abstract concept used to group related organisms into a convenient umbrella term. There is no "eukaryote" organism the same way there is no "SARSr-CoV" organism. The added "r" was a recent addition when COVID-19 was discovered. I will cede that I didn't specify this last point, and you were correct to point it out.
    - tacon 6y ago
      >we would say SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 are both strains of SARSr-CoV Thank you for making my point, again.
      - COVIDisntCORONA 6y ago
        I don't believe I did. Genera -- as in SARS-CoV-2's genus is Betacoronovirus -- don't have "strains." Only families -- such as the SARSr-CoV family -- have strains.

okintheory 6y ago

No, the comment above is correct, and your own links show this. From link [2]: "SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19)" The previous comment was just making the point that the (new) virus is called SARS-CoV-2 and the associated disease is called COVID-19.

COVIDisntCORONA 6y ago

Excuse the incivility, but no. COVID-19: disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV-2: strain of SARS-CoV SARS-CoV: severe accute respiratory syndrome coronavirus Coronavirus: virus that causes respiratory diseases in mammals, such as SARS (SARS-CoV) MERS (MERS-CoV), and COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)

amelius 6y ago
Kind of strange that the name of the virus contains the symptoms of the disease (SARS = severe accute respiratory syndrome) while the disease doesn't.
ArnoVW 6y ago
I'll add that the family of viruses is called Corona virus because they are 'crown shaped'
tacon 6y ago
>SARS-CoV-2: strain of SARS-CoV Excuse the incivility, but no. SARS-CoV-2 is not a strain or type of SARS-CoV. The viruses share ancestors, but SARS-CoV-2 did not come directly from SARS-CoV. SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are in the category of beta coronaviruses[0]. "The whole genome-based phylogenetic analysis presented that two Bat SARS-like CoVs (ZXC21 and ZC45) were the closest relatives of SARS-CoV-2."[1] [0] https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/3/240/htm https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/3/240/htm [1] https://www.mdpi.com/pathogens/pathogens-09-00240/article_deploy/html/images/pathogens-09-00240-g002.png https://www.mdpi.com/pathogens/pathogens-09-00240/article_de...
- COVIDisntCORONA 6y ago
  Excuse the incivility once again, but no. While we're on the topic of linguistic pedantary, strain isn't exclusive to direct mutations from a parent genome. Strains, like much of biological taxonomy, are a human abstraction to make communication of the idea of -- in this case -- "a virus sharing similar properties to coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome" -- albeit this is a very simplified definition for the sake of brevity. SARS is caused by SARS-CoV-1 and COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2. Rather, if we would like to be absolutely correct about these classifications, we would say SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 are both strains of SARSr-CoV (Severe accute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus), which in itself is a species, an abstract concept used to group related organisms into a convenient umbrella term. There is no "eukaryote" organism the same way there is no "SARSr-CoV" organism. The added "r" was a recent addition when COVID-19 was discovered. I will cede that I didn't specify this last point, and you were correct to point it out.
  - tacon 6y ago
    >we would say SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 are both strains of SARSr-CoV Thank you for making my point, again.
    - COVIDisntCORONA 6y ago
      I don't believe I did. Genera -- as in SARS-CoV-2's genus is Betacoronovirus -- don't have "strains." Only families -- such as the SARSr-CoV family -- have strains.