COVID-19
name/ˈkoʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtin/US/ˈkəʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtiːn/UK
Etymology
An abbreviation of coronavirus disease + 19 from 2019, the year the virus was discovered. Coined by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020. Intended to avoid stigma by not referring to a place, animal, career, or group of people.
Definitions
COVID-19 (disease).
- diagnosed with COVID-19
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
- This week, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a a ^([sic]) monoclonal antibody combination for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients
SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease).
- Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.
- As we enter the first months of 2021, increasing numbers of reports of variants of the COVID-19 virus mark a new development in the pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020, and ended sometime in the mid 2020s.
- Many diabetics have been dying, especially during COVID-19.
- The pandemic has helped cement a view of the human as collective, prosocial, and sharing a common bond between all people. This shared experience of living (and dying) during COVID-19 has proved a unifying force.
- A second insight offered by our study is that several stresses apparent at the start of COVID-19, such as adapting to working from home, persisted during the pandemic, and new stresses emerged.
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Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19.
- About 1.4 billion people traveled internationally last year, which is 99% of the number who did the same in 2019, the last full year before Covid-19 hit the world.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for COVID-19. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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