This shit is right out of the USSR. For memeable nicknames I suggest Comorbidity.
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What Japanese have you ever seen where a hard K sound is spelled with a C? Let alone where "ko" is followed with "meer"? Even if you take some big liberties with Romanji that isn't how their language works.
That is the entire point. That spelled in English the way it is, it suggests that the name does not originate from Japan.
The entire conversation is discussing where this bizarre name originated, and you decided to try and nitpick about a hard C that for the most part does not exist in their language. You even said it yourself, they spell that sound with a K when translated into English.
Coronavirus does actually mostly fit with Japanese pronunciations of singular letter consonant-vowel pairings, with a dropped vowel on words ending with "s(u)". Ko-Ro-Na-Vi-Ru-Su and Ko-Ro-Na-Va-I-Ru-Su both fit japanese phonetics.
It's not like you're trying to say "Strength" or something which simply does not map to Japanese at all.
They do not drop the vowel after "r" sounds. In fact, they're not much fans of "r" sounds in general, but exceptions exist there. But they don't drop the vowel. Find one word that does, that ORIGINATES in Japan. Even words outside Japan, they bastardize significantly in order to render them pronouncible.
Ko-Mi-Lu-Na-Ti =/= Comirnaty. It can be safely said the word origin is not Japanese in nature. Even trying to ape English sounds, they wouldn't pick a shortened R/L.