Some conspiracy theorists believe that the coronavirus “COVID” has a hidden connection to basketball legend Kobe Bryant. They theorize that the name “COVID” is actually a tribute to Kobe, and that there is a secret way to reveal this using Google translate. However, it’s also possible the evidence is simply coincidental.
There is a special process to go through in Google translate to see the connection between COVID meaning Kobe. According to this theory, if you follow these steps, you will see the truth:
The first step would be to type in “covid” and select “Hebrew” as the language you want to translate it to.
The Next step would be to copy the Hebrew Translation of “Covid”, which you will see translates to Kobe in the last step.
The last step would be to paste the Hebrew translation of “Covid” back into google translate, and select “English” as the translation language, then you see it actually means Kobe.
This is supposed to show that the coronavirus was named after Kobe Bryant, and that there is a deeper meaning behind this. However, there is no concrete evidence to support any of these theories, and they are based on coincidental, but rather interesting eveidence.
What that said, in Hebrew context the word “COVID” does mean Kobe, but it might not have anything to do with the late basketball legend.
