<div dir="ltr">Interesting article.<div>I heard the new name after my post.</div><div>I see that the WHO is still using the name Covid19 name.</div><div>Perhaps I should use both.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 6:28 PM mark <<a href="mailto:mark@weisler-saratoga-ca.us">mark@weisler-saratoga-ca.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 22, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Texx <<a href="mailto:texxgadget@gmail.com" target="_blank">texxgadget@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
<div dir="ltr"><div>Heres what I know about Covid19:<br><br>I have adopted the Japanese bow as my preferred greeting and dont see dropping it anytime this year.<br>Perhaps if this country learned to bow, the country might be a better place.<br><br>Elbow bumps still get you too close.<br><br>When we had the SARS scare, I attended a number of seminars about how it would play out, what to expect etc.<br>Its playing out as they predicted then, but fortunately, this thing is less lethal than SARS.<br><br>It is important to distinguish between "Corona Virus" vs: "Novel Corona Virus 2019 (AKA: COVID19)"<br>Please note that I will use the proper name of this virus (and its 20 variants)<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to this source… <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/2/14/21135208/coronavirus-wuhan-china-covid-19-name-sars-cov-" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/2020/2/14/21135208/coronavirus-wuhan-china-covid-19-name-sars-cov-</a>2</div><div>The disease is Covid-19 and the virus causing the disease is SARS-CoV-2.</div><div>The article explains there were many considerations that went into the naming.</div><br><div>…snip...</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Corona Virus is a family of viruses that includes the common cold.<br>While we still get colds, we have a "herd immunity" which eases its severity.<br><br>We get a couple Flu-A and a couple Flu-B each year.<br>We often get them, but again "Herd Immunity" softens their effects.<br><br>Covid19 is a "Novel" corona virus, your body hasnt seen anything even remotely similar to it, <br>so there is zero herd immunity, therefore it hits with maximum impact.<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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<br></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><br>R "Texx" Woodworth<br>Sysadmin, E-Postmaster, IT Molewhacker<br>"Face down, 9 edge 1st, roadkill on the information superdata highway..."<br></div>