Why is calling it Chinese Coronavirus considered to be Racist.

Trump easily said there are false reports and unsubstantiated rumors where this disease originated. Pretty simple.

Instead he has to feed his base and call it the Chinese Virus to feed his America First base.

There is plenty of room to be critical of China and still use the correct name for a virus and disease.

Co-Flounder wrote:

SJWs gotta gripe about something.

My Vietnamese friend calls it the Kungflu.

to call your friend Vietnamese is racist.

hellya,

The day they change the name of the Spanish flu of 1918 then I will reconsider. Meanwhile it is fair game.

You are right

It’s the Asian Chinese virus.

Thank you for the clarification.

A) Trump is not a medical researcher. Those illnesses' origins were researched by scientists. He has no medical qualification whatsover. We have no idea where the virus originated, only where outbreaks occurred.

B) Those illnesses were unknown at the time. Coronavirus is not. It has a name --Covid-19.

C) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Montana), Lyme Disease (Connecticut), Legionnaire's Disease (Philadelphia) all originated within the United States, yet no one refers to them as "American viruses" the way Trump has called the coronavirus a "Chinese virus." By referring to the coronavirus this way he's blaming an entire nation. Viruses, by the way, have no national or political affiliation.

watch the news wrote:

Rachel1 wrote:

The ventilators are made in Galway, Ireland.

Wow you're dumb. I'm curious what you do for a living or how old you are. If you're like 12 then I'm sorry for ripping on you. But you just keep showing your ignorance for how the world works. Ventilators come from many places and their parts used to build them come from even more.

https://www.wired.com/story/ventilator-makers-race-to-prevent-a-possible-shortage/

“Plus all these supplies currently come out of China”

You then post a link some some supplies that are made in America? and I’m the dummy.

Now, back to Galway, Ireland.

It's not racist. It's just stupid. It takes too damn long to say. Most just call it corona. But since there have been some attacks against asians because of the name, there are people are calling it racist to make people stop using it and reduce these attacks. And it looks like there's some pushback because some people can't handle the fact that these other people are using the term racist incorrectly.

Overall, it really doesn't matter, and the small percentage of people who actually care about this deserve some darwin awards

watch the news wrote:

old and slower wrote:

I messed up the link above

Why doesn't Trump use the proper name?

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it

Does anyone but wingnuts not know it came from China? Everyone knows it came from China. Calling it China Virus or Chinese Virus or any junior high school type name is not going to convince any wingnuts that don't think it came from China that it came from China.

Trump explained to everyone exactly why he calls it chinese coronavirus. Everyone knows it came from china, except China. The Chinese propaganda machine has been telling all of its citizens that it was manufactured by the us military and sent to china to destroy them. In retaliation trump started calling it chinese coronavirus.

So explain why he called it the Chinese virus as opposed to the China virus. China refers to a country and Chinese refers to a people and culture. There are Chinese people in the US and all over the world that have never been to China. Is he implying the virus came from them as well?

If you go to a Chinese restaurant does it mean you are going to China? Of course not. If we say it's a Chinese virus aren't we implying that it could have come from anyone Chinese, whether they were in China or not?

This distinction is exactly why the term Chinese virus has racial connotations and term China virus does not necessarily. Of course Trump knows this and and that's why his decision to refer to it as Chinese is troubling.

If you wait long enough “watch the news” will be along to post a link that totally contradicts his main point, therefore looking like a ?

Rachel1 wrote:

If you wait long enough “watch the news” will be along to post a link that totally contradicts his main point, therefore looking like a ?

Actually I posted a link contradicting you. You clearly didn't understand how the article talks about China dependency. When I say all the supply chains it's obvious I'm referring to the large majority for nearly everything used in this country some way or another. It's not a literal 100% but you obviously don't get that. There are raw ingredients that come from china. There are parts that come from china. Many industries are dependant on china. Even if the final product is produced in another country, many of the pieces to get it there originated or go back to china. Learn about global supply distribution. You're horribly wrong. One plant produces ventilators in galway. There are plants all over the world. You're an idiot to think the medtronic plant in galway is the only source. But you continue to use it to try and justify your liberal agenda. Fake news