COVID
2019 pandemic designation
COVID is the acronym for coronavirus disease, specifically COVID-19, which emerged in late 2019 and caused a global pandemic.
The all-caps form appears in formal, medical, and journalistic contexts: COVID vaccine, COVID protocols, long COVID.
Often followed by the number 19 to specify the strain: The WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020. (Often lowercased to covid in informal usage.)
Pandemic-causing coronavirus species
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- spike proteinViral membrane projection enabling infection
- RNAGene expression molecule
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
variant · Delta · Omicron · viral load · replication · zoonotic · virology · pathogen
Enforced restriction on movement
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
- stay-at-homeNot one to travel
shelter-in-place · curfew · bubble · pod · remote work · reopening · circuit breaker
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- spreadTo distribute widely
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- exposureState of being unprotected
contact tracing · super-spreader · droplets · aerosol · airborne · asymptomatic · symptomatic · incubation
UN health authority
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- mortality rateDeaths per population measured
flatten the curve · epidemiology · travel ban · herd immunity · endemic · death toll
Elevated body temperature
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- anosmiaTotal olfactory loss
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- shortness of breathDifficulty inhaling enough air
body aches · headache · sore throat · brain fog · recovery · mild · severe · hospitalization
Global medication and vaccine company
- AstraZenecaMultinational pharmaceutical corporation
- ModernaBiotech vaccine company
- Johnson & JohnsonHealthcare and consumer goods conglomerate
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
immunization · booster · shot · jab · dose · efficacy · side effects · rollout
DNA amplification technique
- swabAbsorbent cleaning implement
- nasalOf the nose
- positiveAffirming or certain
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
false positive · drive-through · results · turnaround · tracing · screening
SARS-CoV-2
Pandemic-causing coronavirus species
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- spike proteinViral membrane projection enabling infection
- RNAGene expression molecule
mutation · variant · Delta · Omicron · viral load · replication · zoonotic · virology · pathogen · microbe
lockdown
Enforced restriction on movement
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
stay-at-home · shelter-in-place · curfew · bubble · pod · remote work · reopening · circuit breaker
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
exposure · contact tracing · super-spreader · droplets · aerosol · airborne · asymptomatic · symptomatic · incubation · community spread
WHO
UN health authority
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- surgeSudden powerful increase
mortality rate · flatten the curve · epidemiology · travel ban · herd immunity · endemic · death toll
fever
Elevated body temperature
shortness of breath · body aches · headache · sore throat · brain fog · recovery · mild · severe · hospitalization · ventilator
Pfizer
Global medication and vaccine company
- AstraZenecaMultinational pharmaceutical corporation
- ModernaBiotech vaccine company
- Johnson & JohnsonHealthcare and consumer goods conglomerate
Sputnik · immunization · booster · shot · jab · dose · efficacy · side effects · rollout · eligibility
PCR
DNA amplification technique
negative · false positive · drive-through · results · turnaround · tracing · screening
- enfermedadesgripe, diabetes, cancer, hepatitis, tuberculosis
- health issuescancer, asthma, diabetes, cholera, heart disease
- Health Threatsdisease, epidemic, pandemic, outbreak, infectious disease
- infectionsviral infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, parasitic infection, bacteremia
- infectious diseasescholera, anthrax, malaria, measles, flu
- pandemiclockdowns, outbreak, epidemic, pandemic, endemic
COVIDhealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · good health · immunity · negative test · recovery
COVIDnormalcy
State of being typical
pre-pandemic · business as usual · post-pandemic · 2019 · routine
COVIDgathering
Collection of people meeting
in-person · physical contact · hugging · face-to-face · crowds
- COVID vaccineInjection against coronavirus disease
- covid testDiagnostic for infection
- COVID pandemicWorldwide coronavirus health crisis
- COVID responseMeasures addressing viral outbreak
- long COVIDProlonged coronavirus illness effects
- COVID reliefAid during 2020 pandemic