Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
Minor correction. COVID-19 is not a virus, it's the collected symptoms of the virus replicating and the physiological consequences thereof.
COVID19 = Coronavirus Disease (discovered in) 2019.
Thanks. I'll bear that in mind from now on.



Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
The virus is SARS-CoV2 (Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Coronavirus 2).
The first SARS wasn't too, too long ago, and was a big deal in China, but was not taken seriously in the West.
There was actually an outbreak in Toronto iirc. They indeed took it seriously. Possibly didn't make the news in the US though.