> referring to the "COVID-19 virus" has been accepted." Meaning, that ship sailed. Not exactly, "COVID-19 virus" is more like [descriptor][noun], it's saying "

> referring to the "COVID-19 virus" has been accepted." Meaning, that ship sailed. Not exactly, "COVID-19 virus" is more like [descriptor][noun], it's saying "the virus that causes COVID-19". On the other hand I also agree that the general usage of "covid" unfortunately means the virus for most people, but I still try to push back on it (and always try to jump in with confusion like at the start of this thread) because it has real effects, for example this "revelation" that was treated as a scandal 8 months ago? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnxlxzxoZx0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnxlxzxoZx0 Those of us paying attention knew it the entire time because Pfizer didn't conflate the two terms. Their press release back in 2020 very specifically only talked about stopping the disease, not stopping the virus.