FDA statement on following the authorized dosing schedules for Covid-19 vaccines

Re:FDA statement on following the authorized dosing schedule... by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:50AM (#25655255)

> Similarly, COVID-19 was originally named SARS-Cov-2

No, it wasn't. The disease and the virus that causes it were originally referred to as “the 2019 novel coronavirus” (or, 2019-nCoV for short.)

SARS-CoV-2 was announced as the name of the virus by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses on 11 February 2020; COVID-19 was announced as the name of the disease by WHO also on 11 February 2020.

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Re:FDA statement on following the authorized dosing schedule... by Retric on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:18AM (#25655372)

I am specifically referring to the virus, which I hoped was obvious. To avoid confusion with the disease SARS, the WHO sometimes refers to SARS-CoV-2 as "the COVID-19 virus" in public health communications. And from there it’s entered the popular press.

But yes, the disease was named COVID-19 thus the overlap, and current confusion over the viruses name.

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