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Originally Posted by DouglasS
How is it racist? It is the Chinese virus?
The Spanish flu is known as exactly that, this virus originated in China.. it’s no different than saying the U.K. Strain and the South Africa strain, which other countries are doing
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It's about the intent. The only people who call it the 'chinese virus' are the Trumps and right wingers of the world who obviously want to push a particular narrative, a narrative that's meant to be disparaging to chinese people.
Everyone calls it Covid or some variation of Corona, it's only the racists that insist on calling it the chinese virus.
The Spanish Flu was called that for the same reason, to disparage Spain.
Saying where a virus originated from isn't bad. Nobody is calling the virus the 'UK virus' they call it the strain that originated in UK. There's a difference. There's respect in that but branding Covid the 'Chinese Virus' is obviously different.
It shouldn't really be something I have to explain, it should be obvious.