• ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    It’s not really an acronym, just an abbreviation. “Coronavirus disease” is only two words. You could write CoviD I guess, but that looks dumb.

    I’d think that it isn’t a proper noun and shouldn’t be capitalized at all, but maybe that’s why they’re the professionals and I’m just some guy on the internet.

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      10 months ago

      Somehow an attempt to be correct ends up looking like mockery

      “I have Covid”

      SpongeBob with hands on hips: “I hAvE CoViD”

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      10 months ago

      You’re right but I still don’t like it. Though I think it would be like CoViD (which looks dumb too).