COVID-19 virus
2020 pandemic cause
COVID-19 is the respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, first identified in 2019 and declared a global pandemic in 2020.
The name combines "coronavirus disease" with its year of emergence.
In casual speech, people say they have COVID or got COVID, dropping the numerical suffix.
The term often appears as an adjective: COVID restrictions, COVID vaccine, the COVID years.
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- stay homeNot go anywhere
- masksFace-covering disguises
face shield · vaccine · outbreak · Wuhan · super spreader · symptoms · fever · cough · ventilator · ICU · two weeks · isolation · PCR · rapid test · swab · viral load · variant · delta
- coronavirusesbetacoronavirus, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, SARS, MERS
pathogen vs. cure/prevention
COVID-19 virusPfizer vaccine
mRNA coronavirus immunization
Moderna vaccine · mRNA vaccine · antiviral treatment · Paxlovid · remdesivir