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What does "covid-19" mean compared with other outbreaks, and what is the difference between covid-19 and sars-cov-2?
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COVID 19: SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the COVID 19 disease. The disease is more contagious than many past outbreaks (like SARS-CoV - the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or Ebola). Unlike outbreaks with more common human Coronaviruses, this has significant death rate attached.
Answered 7/16/2020
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