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Perhaps but I still think it's stupid. Same argument could be said for calling it just "the virus", obviously everyone knows about it in context but that doesn't mean it's the actual name. For common usage sure who cares but when news sites or Twitter morons report on it using that terminology it makes you wonder if they even know what they're talking about (that or they know it's the best way to clickbait their brainless readers, who knows).