Correct terminology?

[MissMillie]

There's a virus, and an illness. Are they both named the same thing? Covid-19 vs. Coronavirus....

Is it like AIDS where you are HIV-positive before you get sick, but then you have AIDS once you are sick?

It just occurs to me that I may sound ignorant/uninformed when I'm referring to this because I may not have the vocabulary correct.

[PoliticAverse]

1. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the virus. The virus is called SARS-CoV-2.

See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2

[Laelth]

5. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[tblue37]

2. The virus is sars-cov-2; the disease is Covid-19. nt

[tblue37]

6. Virus name means: sudden acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2; disease name means

Corona Virus Disease 2019

[lapfog_1]

3. The virus is actually SARS-CoV-2

The disease is Covid-19

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it

[MenloParque]

4. The virus is SARS-COV2

The disease is covid-19.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. The Associated Press has updated its AP Stylebook to take care of all your coronovirus questions.

AP updates its AP Stylebook Online Topical Guide to take care of your coronovirus grammar questions.

The singular possessive form of virus is virus’s, not virus’.
We recently updated our AP Stylebook Online Topical Guide to covering the coronavirus and COVID-19. This is just one of several terms we added to help you write clearly for your audience:
http://apne.ws/ZfxPT62

Link to tweet

Coronavirus Topical Guide

COVID-19, which stands for coronavirus disease 2019, is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2. When referring specifically to the virus, the COVID-19 virus and the virus that causes COVID-19 are acceptable. But, because COVID-19 is the name of the disease, not the virus, it is not accurate to write a new virus called COVID-19.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Covid-19 is short for "COronaVIrus Disease of 2019". (No, Kellyanne CONway, not the 19th). . . nt