Style guide for frequently used words and phrases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- COVID-19 (name of the disease): Avoid “Covid-19” and “COVID”
- Coronavirus (the virus that causes COVID-19): Variation: “the virus that causes COVID-19”
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on first mention; CDC on subsequent (note “Centers” is plural)
- Department of Health on first mention, DOH on subsequent
- Face masks, masks, or shields (rather than “face coverings”)
- "Knights Protecting Knights" (tagline as needed)
- Online learning (rather than "remote" or "distance")
- Face-to-face instruction (rather than "in-person" or "on-campus)
- Physical distancing (rather than “social distancing”)
- Restart (rather than “reopen”)
- Cliches to avoid: unparalleled, unprecedented, new normal, silver lining