1673

I would actually argue that calling it the Covid-19 virus takes valuable information from it. People should clearly not be travelling to the Wuhan region of China, and we should take extra precautions in tracking people coming from the Wuhan province.

Information is key here, why would you try to excise useful information? Just because of racists?

As I said I have no problem referring to it as Covid-19, but I don’t see a problem with Wuhan Virus either.

1674

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

1675

How about here in the States we just refer to it as the “Seattle Virus”?

1676

The disease was first identified in 1976, in two simultaneous outbreaks: one in Nzara (a town in South Sudan) and the other in Yambuku (Democratic Republic of the Congo), a village near the Ebola River from which the disease takes its name.

1677

You are more likely to get it from Iran or Milan than Wuhan now, looking at daily numbers.

Maybe this isn’t a great time to lead a personal crusade on nomenclature based off your low information status?

1678

Guap is such a great troll.

1679

Hopefully Unfortunately, you can soon call it Trump Flu.

1680

COVID19 is the disease people get from the virus. SARS-CoV2 is the virus.

1681

Been there, done that.

1682

I thought there was already a Trump flu: affluenza. That kid caught it a few years ago…

1683

The simple way to refer to the (very much not Spanish) “Spanish Flu” is the 1918 Flu.

1684

That would require people to actually remember history, and remember we’re talking about a population that can’t remember Japan was not an ally in WWII.

1685

Thanks, that’s useful - had seen both.

1686

Confirmed in the Cleveland area:

Biden and Sanders are both holding rallies in Cleveland tomorrow.

1687

In case no one responded with this. I gotta head out for a bit and don’t have time to catch up on the thread completely.

1688

Oh, so I guess douchebag Gaetz is not under self-quarantine (that’s him boarding air force 1)

1689

They’ve already traveled through a few hotspots. That has to be nerve wracking.

If this list is representative of both now and as it spreads more: travel, cruise lines and visiting hospitals and retirement homes are not a wise choice right now…

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1690

I didn’t know that, so thanks for done learning me something today! :)

To answer your question, if something like Ebola was newly discovered and members of the xenophobic right were trying to call the Mexican Death after it had spread globally instead of it’s other commonly known name, then yes I’d politely ask if we could use the other non-loaded term.

1691

Looks like Italy has added over 1600 new cases in 1 day.

1692

Mexican Death sounds like a great name for a salsa or a hot sauce.