SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19)
You mean novel does not mean “new”....oh, okay. Thanks for clearing it up for all of us.
Well at least you actually clicked on the link I provided, but you apparently lack reading comprehension skills because you conveniently ignored this:
SARS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS)
SARS-CoV is the BETA or initial coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2 is "named" novel, but does not mean it is novel as it is a second version of the original SARS virus. They included SARS in the name for a reason, because although this is a different version the etiology is exactly the same.
Lots of FReepers were jumping all over me for refusing to accept that Italy’s 13,000 deaths in a country of 60 million equated to 2.2 million here.