[wezen]

Because by now everyone knows it as "Spanish flu". If you say H1N1-A-18, almost nobody would know what you're talking about.

[ry454]

Luckily, we won't have this problem with "SARS-CoV-2".

[rv-de]

you mean the china virus?

[newhacker2719]

No, they mean the Kung Flu.

[atomi]

Probably the most awesome thing about the internet in my opinion is that you can look stuff up if you don't know what someone is talking about.