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These kind of posts is exactly why the WHO naming scheme for viruses discourages naming viruses after animals, places, people or landmarks. Best case it can cau
by avl999 4y ago
These kind of posts is exactly why the WHO naming scheme for viruses discourages naming viruses after animals, places, people or landmarks. Best case it can cause a misunderstanding, worst case lead to people to actively arrive at wrong conclusion.
- lostlogin 4y agoOur of curiosity, what is a name that wouldn’t rapidly become lost in a morass of similar names?
- yread 4y agoHow about Orthopox Virus Disease 2022 - ORVID-22 for short. We really risk alienating the corvids though - Carl Bergstrom wouldn't like it
- joaonmatos 4y agoYep. The main case cluster in Portugal has been traced back to a sauna in Lisbon, and already people are reverting to harmful 80s/hiv era jokes like ‘the homosexuals are f**ing monkeys’.