> I think confusion comes from the use of “COVID-19” which is not a virus or infection specifically but a disease caused by sars-ncov2 infection.
It's fascinating how two years into this pandemic this is still such a huge communication issue, quite reminiscent of AIDS and HIV.
I wonder how much of that is impacting the reported numbers, in Germany it sure enough did; Hospitals were reporting every patient that tested positive as COVID-19 patient, even when they where in the hospital for a completely different reason and had no disease outbreak.
It's fascinating how two years into this pandemic this is still such a huge communication issue, quite reminiscent of AIDS and HIV.
I wonder how much of that is impacting the reported numbers, in Germany it sure enough did; Hospitals were reporting every patient that tested positive as COVID-19 patient, even when they where in the hospital for a completely different reason and had no disease outbreak.