it shouldn't be, it has a generic name
An official with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned against referring to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus,” saying that it could lead to racial profiling against Asians when “there is no blame in this.”
Mike Ryan, the executive director of WHO’s Emergencies Program, at a news conference urged people to be “careful” with the language they use when referring to the ongoing pandemic.
“Viruses know no borders and they don’t care about your ethnicity, the color of your skin or how much money you have in the bank,” Ryan said.
He warned against characterizing the virus in a way that could encourage xenophobic behavior, saying he was sure “anyone would regret profiling a virus along those lines.”
Ryan noted that a pandemic of influenza in 2009 originated in North America but “we don’t call it the North American flu.”
“This is a time for solidarity, this is a time for facts, this is a time to move forward together, to fight this virus together. There is no blame in this,” he said. “All we need now is to identify the things we need to do to move forward quickly, with speed and to avoid any indication of ethnic or other associations with this virus.”
Posted By: Tombs on December 29th 2020 at 14:29:07
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- If the UK strain of covid (Coronavirus) - paulg, Dec 29, 12:42:37
- Someone has to be the escape goat... (n/m) (Coronavirus) - usacanary, Dec 29, 15:15:24
- it shouldn't be, it has a generic name (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Dec 29, 14:29:07
- Because it was found in the UK in September? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Dec 29, 14:07:53
- It was blatantly all over Europe in the autumn if you look at their case numbers (Coronavirus) - Jim, Dec 29, 14:05:55
- We were the first to investigate and test for it (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 14:24:49
- Same reason (Coronavirus) - Clairvoyant Creosote, Dec 29, 13:35:44
- and what would that reason be (n/m) (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 29, 14:04:13
- It’s already got a name (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Dec 29, 13:25:42
- Because that would be trolling. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - norwaay, Dec 29, 13:09:44
- I call it the Kent virus (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 12:46:45
- This is the best name 👏 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Dec 29, 13:55:58
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