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Parents name twins "Corona" and "Covid"

DiipuSurotu

DiipuSurotu

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Oct 25, 2017
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A couple has named their twins after the deadly pandemic they were born into as the pandemic continues to grip the globe.

Corona and Covid were reportedly born in a Raipur hospital amid a total lockdown in India on March 27.

Mum Preeti Verma, 27, told the Press Trust of India (PTI) she was "blessed" with a boy who they named Covid and a girl who they have called Corona.

Ms Verma said she and her husband chose the names to remind them of all the hardships they faced ahead of the delivery.
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"Indeed the virus is dangerous and life-threatening but its outbreak made people focus on sanitation, hygiene and inculcate other good habits," she said, offering some justification for the names.

She added even the hospital staff started referring to the twins as 'Corona' and 'Covid', and they decided to just roll with it.

However the couple did say they may change their children's names in the future.
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There have been 2567 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India and 72 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins data. However health experts are bracing for the worst despite lockdown efforts to contain the disease.
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More at: https://au.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-twins-born-pandemic-named-corona-covid-012245289.html

Rename if old
 
Snake Eater

Snake Eater

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Oct 27, 2017
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Corona is going to be ridiculed in school with that name
 
HStallion

HStallion

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Oct 25, 2017
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Those kids are going to have a rough time in school with names like those so soon after a global pandemic. Parents think they're being clever and cute but they're just making their kids lives harder for no reason but a "fad".
 
Nooblet

Nooblet

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Oct 25, 2017
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In hindi "Rona" means crying.
Even if the kid doesn't get bullied for Corona she'll get bullied for the rona part
 
Hey Please

Hey Please

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Oct 31, 2017
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"Coronnials", as Bush Barbie puts it, ought to be the designation of the generation born and being currently baked during this pandemic.
 
WellbornWarrior

WellbornWarrior

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Oct 27, 2017
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Well at least those names don't stand out in India and if they're lucky everyone forgot about this crisis once they begin school I guess...
 
Keyser S

Keyser S

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Oct 26, 2017
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Corona is Spanish is "Crown," so there is something nice there.... but clearly that is not what they were going for
 

JDSN

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Oct 27, 2017
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Yeah, some Covids already showing up in a shady town near my home city.
 
L Thammy

L Thammy

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Oct 25, 2017
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I mean, it's probably better than the Swedish people who named their kid Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.
 
Barnak

Barnak

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Oct 25, 2017
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Oh, so that the kids can be mocked/bullied as the virus twins in school? Brilliant parents. Brilliant.
 
Shelbyville Milhouse

Shelbyville Milhouse

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Oct 25, 2017
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I feel so bad for those kids, not just because of the names but because giving your kids names like that doesn't make me confident those will be great parents.
 
Baccus

Baccus

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Dec 4, 2018
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Corona is a common name in Latin countries. One might argue it's tainted for a few centuries, but whatever.

Covid though šŸ˜³
 
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