Current Events > Trump has called it the Chinese virus 3 times

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In the past 2 hours

Lol

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I just wonder if he would still be calling it that if China wasnt blaming the U.S.

Did you make a topic when the Chinese govt. said the US specifically designed it as biological warfare?

Transparent attempt to pass the buck on responsibility

That is, transparent to anyone who doesn't have one of those saturated red hats obscuring their brains

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I don't see a problem with it.

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MARKINGRAM22 posted...

Did you make a topic when the Chinese govt. said the US specifically designed it as biological warfare?

What point do you even think you're making here, out of interest

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pinky0926 posted...

What point do you even think you're making here, out of interest

He's a magahat so none

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MARKINGRAM22 posted...

Did you make a topic when the Chinese govt. said the US specifically designed it as biological warfare?

Nope, was a topic made about it?

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West Nile Virus
Ebola

Etc... He should just call it Wuhan virus though.

Imagine caring about such a pointless thing

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Vyrulisse posted...

Imagine caring about such a pointless thing

So you don't think its xenophobic?

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Well it is indeed a chinese virus

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He could be saying that in response to the chinese people who keep saying its a US bioweapon

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BudDupree48 posted...

Well it is indeed a chinese virus

Not really, its more of a bat virus

This is such a weird thing to care about

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Such an important thing to focus on. Especially since in Jan and Feb all news outlets called it that, and 24/7 we are reminded and told where it stated. But even though youre reminded by the media where the epicenter is, DONT YOU DARE CORRELATE THE TWO!

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As always, Twitter cares about the most important things.

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We cant call it the Wuhan Flu because it would be racist.

The Ebola Virus is fine though. And the Spanish Flu, and Russian Flu, and Asian Flu, and Hong Kong Flu.

Dont forget about the Great Plague of Justinian and Antonine Plague, disparaging the good names of two Emperors. Shame!

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I think everyone should just start referring to it as the Rona. Its simple, rolls off the tongue, makes you sound hip, has all the right elements to a good nickname.

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BudDupree48 posted...

Well it is indeed a chinese virus

I didn't know viruses had nationalities. So wait, why tf is it affecting non-chinese people?! I don't understand!

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Ideally it would be called Kung Flu

Someone else posted we should call it the WuFlu
Why dont we run with that

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iPhone_7 posted...

We cant call it the Wuhan Flu because it would be racist.

The Ebola Virus is fine though. And the Spanish Flu, and Russian Flu, and Asian Flu, and Hong Kong Flu.

Dont forget about the Great Plague of Justinian and Antonine Plague, disparaging the good names of two Emperors. Shame!

Twitter weirdos have been claiming nobody calls it Spanish Flu and have been editing the wikipedia's page to try and reflect that belief..
It's funny cause you can just check the archives lol

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Fluhan

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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

Fluhan

I like this.

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DoctorPiranha3 posted...

West Nile Virus
Ebola

Etc... He should just call it Wuhan virus though.

He should call it coronavirus or COVID-19. You know, the actual names the virus/disease caused by it have.

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I mean I guess it's true but lol

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NinjaWarrior455 posted...

He's a magahat so none

I'd probably vote for Sanders at this point. I doubt I will vote though. Just like to point out people's biases and how they seem to latch onto every little thing. Not saying the right didn't do the same to Obama either. So maybe don't make baseless claims next time.

This whole time weve been arguing about what to call the virus, but no one has thought about asking what ze wants to be referred as, for shame

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he calls it what it is. what's the problem here.

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Alpha218 posted...

He should call it coronavirus or COVID-19. You know, the actual names the virus/disease caused by it have.

Other viruses are named after area they originate. Why is this special

Copied from one of the dozen topics where someone calls it racist:
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.

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I have no problem with him calling it that. The problem I have is with Trump washing his hands of responsibility despite fucking up the response to the virus and calling it a democrat hoax.

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Is there evidence this even happened apart from this person saying so. It is mildly funny, but you do need White House officials being professional...then again this is the Trump house. People acting offended though...like every liberal late night host makes worse jokes. It is just the position that is the problem.

Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

Fluhan

Why did this not take off

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To be fair someone posted the reason this is different is because The Who no longer like to name viruses after the area they originate in.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/05/discovered-disease-who-has-new-rules-avoiding-offensive-names

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pinky0926 posted...

What point do you even think you're making here, out of interest

@MARKINGRAM22
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The problem is that when Donald Trump points the finger, his racist followers end up hurting people

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Ving_Rhames posted...

I didn't know viruses had nationalities. So wait, why tf is it affecting non-chinese people?! I don't understand!

You should be an actor with these performances you put on.

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The problem is when Donald Trump does anything. The haters come out and twist everything

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1NfamousACE_2 posted...

So you don't think its xenophobic?

It's a virus that EXCLUSIVELY exists because of China not enforcing their own laws created after the original SARS outbreak, and which only got as bad as it did because Chinese officials tried to suppress info about it too the rest of the world.

Sometimes people that aren't white do bad things too. It's not racist to acknowledge when they do.

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He is obviously putting blame on the Chinese. Naming other viruses named after places doesn't change that. And this will end up negatively effecting asian communities in America, as it kinda already has been in most cities.

Shit like this: https://twitter.com/JiayangFan/status/1240111033550766080
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BudDupree48 posted...

The problem is when Donald Trump does anything.

You don't realize how right you are.

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Mistere Man posted...

To be fair someone posted the reason this is different is because The Who no longer like to name viruses after the area they originate in.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/05/discovered-disease-who-has-new-rules-avoiding-offensive-names

and? one science org doesn't get to dictate how language naturally evolves. kleenex for tissues, coke for soda, "google it" for web based search engine browsing, doesn't matter if the pertinent company or org is against the naming, it doesn't come from one source alone but civilization as a whole for specific, accurate naming/description of a new phenomenon.

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LostForest posted...

It's a virus that EXCLUSIVELY exists because of China not enforcing their own laws created after the original SARS outbreak, and which only got as bad as it did because Chinese officials tried to suppress info about it too the rest of the world.

Sometimes people that aren't white do bad things too. It's not racist to acknowledge when they do.

Then why is Human Coronavirus on the back of lysol bottles?

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myzz7 posted...

and? one science org doesn't get to dictate how language naturally evolves. kleenex for tissues, coke for soda, "google it" for web based search engine browsing, doesn't matter if the pertinent company or org is against the naming, it doesn't come from one source alone but civilization as a whole for specific, accurate naming/description of a new phenomenon.

Well the list that was quoted from me was a list of official names and it was asked why this is different so I am pointing out why it is different.

I personally dont care what others call it, but since my list was being used I just wanted to make sure all available info was aswell.

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And? People whine about everything. Ground zero was in Wuhan China. Sorry if stating that pushes that thong further up

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He's calling it the Chinese Virus for pure propaganda

This outbreak emboldens his anti immigration/closed borders agenda
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1NfamousACE_2 posted...

In the past 2 hours

Lol

Find something to do you sensitive tool

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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

Fluhan

Smashingpmkns posted...

He is obviously putting blame on the Chinese. Naming other viruses named after places doesn't change that. And this will end up negatively effecting asian communities in America, as it kinda already has been in most cities.

Shit like this: https://twitter.com/JiayangFan/status/1240111033550766080

Are there any blue check marks out there that are actually saying stuff like this girl is alleging? Sure, you can always find some random nobody spouting anything youre looking for, but are there verified blue check marks that are out there promoting the kind of hate that this girl is alleging?

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