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(47,479 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:29 AM Mar 2020

SARS-CoV-2 - isn't this the one from 2002?

My local paper has this: "SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current pandemic"

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SARS-CoV-2 - isn't this the one from 2002? (Original Post) question everything Mar 2020 OP

SARS-COV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. SARS was caused by SARS-COV-1 virus hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

Oh, thank you. Have to keep the information current question everything Mar 2020 #2

SARS COV 1 was the first in 2003 OneBlueDotBama Mar 2020 #3

Thanks. I thought that the -2 designation came from 2002 question everything Mar 2020 #5

No, this is assumed to be a second generation virus Warpy Mar 2020 #8

By That Denomination, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #4

Far more lethal was... OneBlueDotBama Mar 2020 #6

Okay, Sir --- If That's The Way You Like It... The Magistrate Mar 2020 #7

hlthe2b

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1. SARS-COV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. SARS was caused by SARS-COV-1 virus

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:30 AM

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question everything

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2. Oh, thank you. Have to keep the information current

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:32 AM

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OneBlueDotBama

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3. SARS COV 1 was the first in 2003

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:33 AM

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS... COVID-19 is the malady it currently causes.

question everything

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5. Thanks. I thought that the -2 designation came from 2002

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:35 AM

Mar 2020

just as the -19 is from 2019, did not remember the year.

And, I suppose, there is a difference between the Cov and Covid designations.

Warpy

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8. No, this is assumed to be a second generation virus

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:37 PM

Mar 2020

that shares about 80% of its genome with the SARS CoV-1 virus. This one is about a tenth as deadly.

The Magistrate

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4. By That Denomination, Sir

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:35 AM

Mar 2020

The much more lethal item which appeared earlier would be SARS-CoV-1. This current thing meets the standard of 'sudden acute respiratory syndrome' in its action, and is also a corona-class virus. Whether is some other relation between the two is beyond my knowledge.

OneBlueDotBama

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6. Far more lethal was...

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:59 AM

Mar 2020

The Rolling Stones electing to close their benefit concert for Toronto. SARS Rock. They followed AC/DC.... no one can follow AC/DC

The Magistrate

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7. Okay, Sir --- If That's The Way You Like It...

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:25 PM

Mar 2020

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