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Re:How remdesivir works, and why it's not the ultimate coron... by qzw on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:18PM (#23683211)
Presumably “Wuhan Corona”? I don’t know if that’s common nomenclature in his circle or just idiosyncratic.
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Re:How remdesivir works, and why it's not the ultimate coron... by gmantg on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:25PM (#23728164)
It's an acronym for Wuhan Coronavirus. There are many coronoviruses and it's natural to use the place of origin to distinguish it from others. This is how we name other species and things in general. In science this is called binomial nomenclature.
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