COVID, Covid

COVID, or Covid? The Guardian offers a short commentary on “the comfort of pedantry at a time of national crisis.”

The New York Times spells it as “Covid”; The Washington Post, as “covid.” The Times rule, as given in its Manual of Style and Usage: “When an acronym serves as a proper name and exceeds four letters, capitalize only the first letter.”

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April 21: Shop Talk, a blog for The Chicago Manual of Style, has an extensive discussion of COVID-19 and related terms.

Thanks, Fresca.