Current Events > Not gonna lie, labeling it as the "Wuhan Flu/Virus" is pathetic.

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The very first time I heard about it, it was still being called Wuhan Flu on the news. And racial baggage aside, it was pretty easy to remember thanks to the loose rhyme.

But, if it's racist, Corona Virus/Covid-19 it is then.


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I don't have any problem calling it the Wuhan Virus, especially since it's China's fault this shit spiraled out control in the first place

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Tmaster148 posted...

It's really weird how some people really want to call this pandemic that because they would rather be racist than to do anything about it.

How the fuck can you be racist by naming a disease after the place of origin?

This is some peak political correctness SJW crap. You might as well drink the full Kool Aid by saying it was secretly developed by scientists in the USA.

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Before people knew what it was and the disease was fairly unknown, it was being called stuff like Wuhan Flu. Once people found out it was a corona virus, people started calling it that because they didnt know what a corona virus was so they thought it was the name. The virus itself was named covid-19.
At this point calling it things like Wuhan flu is just weird because thats not what people are typically using here. So continuing to use it will make people question your motives.

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Mecha Sonic posted...

I don't have any problem calling it the Wuhan Virus, especially since it's China's fault this shit spiraled out control in the first place

Wtf is this shit. literally all the news outlets keep going on about how the world hasnt faced this level of quarantines in like 100 years with the Spanish flu and no one bats and eye about that

toyota posted...

Wtf is this shit. literally all the news outlets keep going on about how the world hasnt faced this level of quarantines in like 100 years with the Spanish flu and no one bats and eye about that

From my post:

At this point calling it things like Wuhan flu is just weird because thats not what people are typically using here. So continuing to use it will make people question your motives.

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There's like... More important things to worry about right now

Why waste your energy on this stuff in a crisis


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I'm shocked no one has made a comparison between "covid" and "covfefe"

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deupd_u posted...

I'm shocked no one has made a comparison between "covid" and "covfefe"

The COVFE-FE virus. I like it.

Im literally going to start calling it the Wuhan Flu just because you want to be a crybaby about it.

Fluhan Virus?

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uwnim posted...

From my post:

Look who you're talking to.. No one's questioning his motive,we all know what they are.

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"that's not the REAL name" is so iamverysmart

My professors used to pull this shit all the time. It is the real name if that's what people call it

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BobanMarjanovic posted...

TC is a SJW confirmed

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deupd_u posted...

I'm shocked no one has made a comparison between "covid" and "covfefe"

covfefe-19

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Annihilator83 posted...

The Wu Flu has a good ring to it.

as does kung flu


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It depends on the intent. Some are calling it to single out China, and others just call it that because that's what they hear it be called.

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Mistere Man posted...

Here are 17 other diseases named after populations or places:

* West Nile Virus
Named after the West Nile District of Uganda discovered in 1937.

* Guinea Worm
Named by European explorers for the Guinea coast of West Africa in the 1600s.

* Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Named after the mountain range spreading across western North America first recognized first in 1896 in Idaho.

* Lyme Disease
Named after a large outbreak of the disease occurred in Lyme and Old Lyme, Connecticut in the 1970s.

* Ross River Fever
Named after a mosquito found to cause the disease in the Ross River of Queensland, Australia by the 1960s. The first major outbreak occurred in 1928.

* Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Named after its 1940s discovery in Omsk, Russia.

* Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Named in 1976 for the Ebola River in Zaire located in central Africa.

* Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Also known as camel flu, MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and all cases are linked to those who traveled to the Middle Eastern peninsula.

* Valley Fever
Valley Fever earned its nickname from a 1930s outbreak San Joaquin Valley of California, though its first case came from Argentina.

* Marburg Virus Disease
Named after Marburg, Germany in 1967.

* Norovirus
Named after Norwalk, Ohio after an outbreak in 1968.

* Zika Fever
First discovered in 1947 and named after the Zika Forest in Uganda.

* Japanese Encephalitis
Named after its first case in Japan in 1871.

* German Measles
Named after the German doctors who first described it in the 18th century. The disease is also sometimes referred to as Rubella.

* Spanish Flu
While the true origins of the Spanish Flu remain unknown, the disease earned its name after Spain began to report deaths from the flu in its newspapers.

* Lassa Fever
Named after the being found in Lassa, Nigeria in 1969.

* Legionnaires Disease
Named in 1976 following an outbreak of people contracting the lung infection after attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia.

lmao rekt

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It's a viral disease that's pretty much indistinguishable from the flu as far as symptoms go......

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Gladius_ posted...

Why are they the fools when you're angry that you don't have any? If this doesn't apply to you what's with the outrage? Here's the deal.. only a fool wouldn't have seen this coming and not take action immediately. More importantly I hope you at least stocked up on food in case there are shortages there in the future.

Not true. Even in hurricane emergencies toilet paper hasnt been hit this hard where i live. And we went a week without power and most stores being shut down during florence.

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Squall28 posted...

It depends on the intent. Some are calling it to single out China, and others just call it that because that's what they hear it be called.

Well and then you have people on the internet that just throw out labels every chance they get, not even caring or knowing whats actually going on. Its quite cute.

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I don't mind another name for Coronavirus since for some reason this one doesn't get a special name like SARS or MERS did.
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I cal it the wuhan Chinese Asian boomer remover virus

boxington posted...

if the disease was initially called "Wuhan Flu" or "Wuhan Virus", then that would be one thing, but people with an agenda are doing so after the fact to frame it as a Chinese thing

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Its a Chinese thing

Definitely a Chinese thing

source : china

Stop eating bats.
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Romes187 posted...

Definitely a Chinese thing

source : china

This definitely warranted two posts in a row to say.

If people want to have a discussion about how this virus originated in China, have at it. But you're also not doing that by calling it the Wuhan Virus. Instead you're perpetuating stereotypes that this virus is carried by Chinese/Asian people. At this point, anybody is able to get this virus so its best to use a nomenclature that reflects that idea to the general masses. We still have stupid racist shit happening daily because of the association with COVID-19 and China and it doesn't help anybody.

No one thinks anything less or Asian people because its called the Wuhan Asian Chinese virus

you seem to have a reaction to it so maybe youre projecting your own racism into the rest of us when were all smart enough to know just because a virus is named after a city that doesnt mean the entire continent is somehow infected

thx

I feel bad whenever it's called the Coronavirus because Corona beer is taking a massive hit simply because of the unfortunate naming

If the doesn't show people associate one thing with another, Idk what will

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Lordgold666 posted...

lmao rekt

not really

WHO called it corona virus
corona virus was the name everyone was talking about when the virus was first reported pretty much every news site called it corona virus

so not the same as any of those listed

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AvantgardeAClue posted...

Corona beer is taking a massive hit simply because of the unfortunate naming

There are no numbers to support this.
https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/constellation-corona-extra-sales-up/5660278/
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BobanMarjanovic posted...

TC is a SJW confirmed

It's the Kung-Flu.

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Hicks233 posted...

It's the Kung-Flu.

Every body is kung-flu fighting
It spread as quick as lightning


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I think it's totally fine if people call it the Wuhan flu being as it was called that for multiple weeks before the official naming. Those trying to call it the Chinese flu are who I have a problem with.

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RevivedPacifist posted...

I think it's totally fine if people call it the Wuhan flu being as it was called that for multiple weeks before the official naming. Those trying to call it the Chinese flu are who I have a problem with.

its definitely called the Chinese flu stop your revisionism

the Asian Chinese wuhan Kung flu

boxington posted...

if the disease was initially called "Wuhan Flu" or "Wuhan Virus", then that would be one thing, but people with an agenda are doing so after the fact to frame it as a Chinese thing

That's literally what people were first calling it, though, going back to January:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/health/coronavirus-pandemic-china.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cure-for-the-chinese-flu-11580255213
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/30/800393906/your-questions-about-wuhan-coronavirus-answered

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mooreandrew58 posted...

Every body is kung-flu fighting
It spread as quick as lightning

I like you.

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s0nicfan posted...

That's literally what people were first calling it, though, going back to January:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/health/coronavirus-pandemic-china.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cure-for-the-chinese-flu-11580255213
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/30/800393906/your-questions-about-wuhan-coronavirus-answered

WHO been calling it coronavirus is easy to find

https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/
12 January 2020


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A lot of legit answers are being ignored.

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i like Kung Flu

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Guys its called the eastern Asian Chinese wuhan Tom hanks boomer Doomer Kung flu

and Im sticking to it

because the name is really whats important here.

Mistere Man posted...

Here are 17 other diseases named after populations or places:

* West Nile Virus
Named after the West Nile District of Uganda discovered in 1937.

* Guinea Worm
Named by European explorers for the Guinea coast of West Africa in the 1600s.

* Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Named after the mountain range spreading across western North America first recognized first in 1896 in Idaho.

* Lyme Disease
Named after a large outbreak of the disease occurred in Lyme and Old Lyme, Connecticut in the 1970s.

* Ross River Fever
Named after a mosquito found to cause the disease in the Ross River of Queensland, Australia by the 1960s. The first major outbreak occurred in 1928.

* Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Named after its 1940s discovery in Omsk, Russia.

* Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Named in 1976 for the Ebola River in Zaire located in central Africa.

* Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Also known as camel flu, MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and all cases are linked to those who traveled to the Middle Eastern peninsula.

* Valley Fever
Valley Fever earned its nickname from a 1930s outbreak San Joaquin Valley of California, though its first case came from Argentina.

* Marburg Virus Disease
Named after Marburg, Germany in 1967.

* Norovirus
Named after Norwalk, Ohio after an outbreak in 1968.

* Zika Fever
First discovered in 1947 and named after the Zika Forest in Uganda.

* Japanese Encephalitis
Named after its first case in Japan in 1871.

* German Measles
Named after the German doctors who first described it in the 18th century. The disease is also sometimes referred to as Rubella.

* Spanish Flu
While the true origins of the Spanish Flu remain unknown, the disease earned its name after Spain began to report deaths from the flu in its newspapers.

* Lassa Fever
Named after the being found in Lassa, Nigeria in 1969.

* Legionnaires Disease
Named in 1976 following an outbreak of people contracting the lung infection after attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia.

Your right and if everyone had called it the Wuhan Virus it'd be whatever. However it pretty quickly became internationally known as Coronavirus or Covid 19. So the fact that there are still people insisting on calling it Wuhan Virus despite it having a much better known and more recognizable name does make you wonder what they are trying to accomplish.

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Hairistotle posted...

yea it's kinda dumb to act like this isn't happening. i called it wuhan for all of one day, then switched to coronavirus when the dust had settled and everyone was using that name. only ppl ive heard still call it wuhan work for fox news

Was this before or after you had to make a topic on CE asking if you were being racist for not ordering from Chinese food restaurants?

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As previously stated it's not the first time a virus has been called the name of where it originated. Mostly it's done because the medical term is too complex for us average joes not in thbe field.

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whatever you call it, you cannot call it "coronavirus" cuz then the youtube police will demonetize your video

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Gobstoppers12 posted...

Do you feel the same way about the people calling it Trump Virus?

You are the first person I heard call it that.

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