After reading a lot of reporting about this, it isn't clear to me if Covid-19 is the name of the virus or the disease or both.
I realize that for laymen (like me) it doesn't really matter. But academically speaking, is there a difference?
I realize that for laymen (like me) it doesn't really matter. But academically speaking, is there a difference?
The virus itself is called SARS-CoV-2 and previously 2019-nCoV
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syn...
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) is the disease.
SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is the virus.