Well, I think being precise in virology is a good thing. For example being infected with SARS-CoV-2 and having the disease COVID-19 are not exactly the same thi

Well, I think being precise in virology is a good thing. For example being infected with SARS-CoV-2 and having the disease COVID-19 are not exactly the same thing, and matter quite a bit when writing a prescription for Paxlovid. You can't (or aren't supposed to) write off-label prescriptions for EUA drugs, so it does matter. Apparently they changed the EUA recently though, and Internet rules lawyers think they can prescribe it to people who don't have COVID-19 at all, so it might not matter at this point.