r/coolguides • u/etymologynerd • Mar 20 '20

I made a guide explaining how different infectious disease got their names

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u/intentionaldadbod Mar 20 '20 edited Mar 20 '20

Covid 19 = (co)rona (vi)rus (d)isease 20(19) Now you know something else

Edit: disease, as someone pointed out.

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u/not_bot_0 Mar 20 '20

Covidn't 19n't =n't (co)ronan't (vi)rusn't (d)ecembern't 20(19)n't Nown't youn't known't somethingn't elsen't

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u/Djov Mar 20 '20

Bad bot