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Terms/Concepts to be defined #50

Open pitviper6 opened 4 years ago

pitviper6 commented 4 years ago

Pandemic WHO (https://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/frequently_asked_questions/pandemic/en/) Merriam Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pandemic) MeSH: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D058873
COVID-19 (short for coronavirus disease) WHO: the disease caused by a new strain that was discovered in 2019 and has not been previously identified in humans. Coronavirus(es) WHO: Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). Mortality rate MeSH (https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D009026)

jaysonvirissimo commented 4 years ago

@pitviper6: is your intention to add a lexicon to the site, define these inline (perhaps in parentheticals upon first use), or turning the words into hyperlinks? I agree that we are currently throwing a lot of jargon at people all at once and that might be turning some people off.

pitviper6 commented 4 years ago

I didn't really know - I was holding off to see how the site developed. Maybe hyperlinks to the most relevant definition source?