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Ccn you help explain why the word disease is being used vs virus in terms of covid-19 disease instead of novel coronavirus? thank you.
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Disease vs virus: COVID 19 Disease is the name of the infection where as SARS-CoV-2 is the name of virus that causes it. The term "novel" just means that it is new on the scene.
Answered 5/4/2020
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