{"id":388,"date":"2021-05-04T20:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jrtwine.com\/blog\/?p=388"},"modified":"2021-05-04T20:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:13:40","slug":"sars-cov-2-and-covid-19-and-how-a-little-knowledge-is-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrtwine.com\/blog\/sars-cov-2-and-covid-19-and-how-a-little-knowledge-is-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and how a Little Knowledge is Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I got into a unnecessary discussion with someone about the correct usage of SARS-CoV-2 <\/strong>and COVID-19<\/strong> – they were using them interchangeably (and actually also confused COVID-19<\/strong> and the earlier virus name of 2019-nCoV<\/strong>) and also using them to refer to things that were prior to when the official names were coined by the WHO.<\/p>\n

They went on to explain how they were receiving “daily training” on this topic and implying that I must be mistaken (and also that the CDC is engaging in fear-mongering WRT COVID-19).\u00a0 Now, I can understand receiving 3-minute daily briefings<\/em> on the topic, but calling that “training” is stretching things quite a bit.\u00a0 Anyone can provide a briefing – all you have to do is read from a page.\u00a0 Training requires a certain depth of knowledge that not everyone has, and is usually an interactive, time-consuming experience.\u00a0 If this so-called “trainer” is confusing COVID-19<\/strong> (the disease) with SARS-CoV-2 <\/strong>(the virus that causes<\/em> the disease), they need to step down from their position, immediately.<\/p>\n

Given the tone of this person’s responses, the hubris demonstrated, how they keep saying that they work for a “government employer,” and touting their so-called “training,” I am guessing some form of town, city, county or state law enforcement.\u00a0\u00a0Which is good – more power to them – we need law enforcement, especially in times like these.<\/p>\n

But if this person does indeed work for local law enforcement – that’s cute<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Especially when you consider that some people may work in National Defense (which, BTW, is a Critical Infrastructure Industry as defined by the DHS).\u00a0 And that they have the responsibility and privilege of helping maintain the safety and security of not just a town, city, county or state, but for the entire country<\/strong>, its war-fighters, and even its foreign allies.<\/p>\n

And that some of them might even be cleared employees that, when they receive actual<\/em> training or briefings, may receive information that is not available to the general non-cleared public (which usually includes town\/city\/county\/state LEAs), and you can be certain<\/em> this training did not originate from something that someone copied from a group email somewhere.<\/p>\n

Always follow the universal assumption – that the other person may known something that you do not<\/strong> (especially when you are ignorant of the other’s position\/job).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I got into a unnecessary discussion with someone about the correct usage of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 – they were using them interchangeably (and actually also confused COVID-19 and the earlier virus name of 2019-nCoV) and also using them to refer to things that were prior to when the official names were coined by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t