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Doctor Alzheimer
2020 was consumed by COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the full name is coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated to COVID-19. ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ and ‘D’ for disease. The ‘19’ is for the year it was first identified in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. COVID-19 is a clinical/scientific name, but others, like Alzheimer’s disease, are named for people. Like Crohn’s disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or Hodgkin d ...
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