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SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19.  Much like HIV may cause AIDS. The disease and the virus are not the same. 

A consortium of the World Health Organization named both. One objective was "“Separating the names of the virus and the disease sends a message that disease is only one of many possible outcomes of various virus infections in individuals, including infections by SARS-CoV-2".

https://www.genengnews.com/news/sars-cov-2-insists-on-making-a-name-for-itself/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-0695-z

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