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Finally, I guess "Chinese" is a race now, at least for purposes of blame-shifting and race-baiting.
The reason it's not appropriate to call it the "Chinese Virus" is that that's not it's name. There's no good reason to use the incorrect name of a disease.
The disease is called COVID-19 because that indicates that it's a coronavirus that was discovered in 2019. Of t "Pin It")
The reason it's not appropriate to call it the "Chinese Virus" is that that's not it's name. There's no good reason to use the incorrect name of a disease.Originally Posted by Jon
Finally, I guess "Chinese" is a race now, at least for purposes of blame-shifting and race-baiting.
The disease is called COVID-19 because that indicates that it's a coronavirus that was discovered in 2019. Of the examples you listed, "German" is the only one that refers to a specific group of people. That name dates back to 1814, but it's more properly called Rubella since that is the name of the virus. Times change, diseases are named differently now. All of the "Okay" examples listed pre-date the World Health Organization Best Practices for the Naming of New Human Infectious Diseases which was published in May 2015.
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