Comment on Ask HN: Was coronavirus known before wuhan?Comments−buboard6ythe only reason it 's still called coronavirus is nobody has come up with a creative name, and everyone insists on not calling it "wuhan virus".Anybody want to give it a name?−rotterdamdev6yIt has a name. Do your homework.It is called coronavirus (a familynof virii) because of the shape of the organism.−buboard6ysars and mers and thousands of others are also coronaviruses. this one is currently designated "2019 novel coronavirus" which is not very practical
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the only reason it 's still called coronavirus is nobody has come up with a creative name, and everyone insists on not calling it "wuhan virus".
Anybody want to give it a name?
It has a name. Do your homework.
It is called coronavirus (a familynof virii) because of the shape of the organism.
sars and mers and thousands of others are also coronaviruses. this one is currently designated "2019 novel coronavirus" which is not very practical