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Nomenclature: Coronavirus and the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

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25 February 2020

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25 February 2020

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Abstract
Less aligned emphasis has been given to naming the 2019 novel coronavirus and pandemic disease. Global profusion of squab names has found their ways in daily communication, and our survey promises to articulate that many of them may have contributed to backlash against Chinese people. Here, based on brief critical reviews on the naming of coronavirus and human coronaviruses, we scrutinize a clear sense of pros and cons of previous multifarious names and punctuate heuristic introspection of naming practices. Our findings suggest that full-fledged official names are duly contribute to the resilience of healthy collective usages in current infodemic scenario.
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Social Sciences  -   Sociology
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