• ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      24
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year 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.

      • incogtino
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        30
        ·
        1 year ago

        Somehow an attempt to be correct ends up looking like mockery

        “I have Covid”

        SpongeBob with hands on hips: “I hAvE CoViD”

    • duckington@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      1 year ago

      It’s one of those things where it has become a word in and of itself because so many people use it that way