| COVID-19 Language Swaps | |
| Instead of … | Say … |
| Lockdown | Stay-at-home order |
| COVID mandates, directives, controls, orders | COVID protocols |
| National duty | Personal responsibility |
| Coronavirus/COVID-19 | Pandemic |
| Hospitalization rates | Deaths |
| Defeat, crush | Eliminate, eradicate |
| Operation warp speed | Standard process |
| Government | Public health agencies |
| Science-, medicine-, data-based | Fact-based |
| The consequences of not taking the vaccine | The benefits of taking it |
| Getting the vaccine is the right thing to do | Getting the vaccine will keep you safe |
| Predictability/certainty | A return to normal |
| Discover/create/invent | Research |
| The dollars spent; number of participants | A transparent, rigorous process |
| Security | Safety |
| Misled/confused about the vaccine | Skeptical/concerned about the vaccine |
| Historic | Advanced/groundbreaking |
| The world’s leading experts | America’s leading experts |
COVID-19 Guide | AMA (pdf)
Stew Peters