Why is everyone calling it the Coronavirus and not the "Wuhan Flu"?

[Jackmannii]

@snowthx

Yeah, but is this going to hurt sales of Corona beer?

@Omar Little

I’m sure it will have some impact, given the intelligence of the general population.

It shouldn’t be remotely as bad as the effect on sales of Ayds (the diet candy) when the term AIDS came into use.

[BrotherCadfael]

@snowthx

Yeah, but is this going to hurt sales of Corona beer?

I have heard people suggest calling it Dos Equis Virus, on the grounds that at least it is better than Corona. Not being a beer drinker, I am agnostic on that question.

[Hari_Seldon]

Until a better name comes along, I will call it the Wuhan virus.

I wonder if this will have any effect on the classical pianist Wu Han. Maybe she’ll start calling herself Mrs. David Finkel.

This virus is spreading too fast and is contagious before symptoms appear. I expect it will not stop until there is a vaccine.

[Gukumatz]

Kung Flu.

[Atamasama]

To Wuhan Flu,
Thanks for Everything!
Julie Newmar

[ALOHA_HATER]

You were so close to nailing “Flu-Tang.”

[outlierrn]

Covid-19

[x-ray_vision]

Tedros said that “CO” stands for “corona”, “VI” for “virus” and “D” for “disease”, while “19” was for the year, as the outbreak was first identified on December 31.

COVID-19: WHO names disease caused by new coronavirus

Meh

[Fear_Itself]

@snowthx

Yeah, but is this going to hurt sales of Corona beer?

The brewers of Corona beer anticipated that. The new name is Ebola Beer.

[bob_2]

From the BBC:

The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19.

“We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.

It comes after the death toll from the virus passed 1,000. Tens of thousands of people have been infected.

Dr Ghebreyesus called on the world to fight the new virus as aggressively as possible.

The word coronavirus refers to the group of viruses it belongs to, rather than the latest strain.

The virus itself has been designated SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.

Researchers have been calling for an official name to avoid confusion and stigmatisation of any group or country.

[snowthx]

I am sure the people at Covid would like to have a word with Dr Ghebreyesus.

[RioRico]

@Fear_Itself

The brewers of Corona beer anticipated that. The new name is Ebola Beer.

Announced here.

[Hermitian]

Tedros said that “CO” stands for “corona”, “VI” for “virus” and “D” for “disease”, while “19” was for the year, as the outbreak was first identified on December 31.

It took them weeks to come up with that? They paid their PR firm too much.