I guess this applies but I keep seeing reference to the "novel coronavirus". It is new and interesting?! But i mean...feels like the point the parent is making is more correct than the virus is novel, biologists just love this word as it doesn't seem necessary here.
SARS‑CoV‑2 wasn't new and interesting?
Yeah it is, but i feel like novel is typically used in a more positive sense and this feels like a weird choice of word.