And this is why it's called COVID19

[colfax_m]

Can anyone name anyone that was helped merely by calling it “Wuhan flu” or “Chinese flu”?

How is anyone helped merely by the naming of any disease? Not everything is binary. Things can be more than just "helped" or "bad."

True. No one is helped by labeling it anything in particular.

But I’d say there’s evidence that people are harmed by labeling it such.

What's spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians | CNN

Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus has led to xeonophobic attacks against fellow Americans. And the pain ranges from physical to verbal to financial.

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Well the idiots that are expressing race-based aggression towards Asian people are most certainly aware that the outbreak originated in China--everybody in the world knows that unless they were literally born yesterday--so there's no way anyone can possibly say with even a modicum of certainty that those people are acting the way they are simply because someone has called it the "Wuhan virus," or that they'd be acting any differently if nobody called it that. We're talking about people who already harbor those predisposed opinions, and likely blame China for their circumstances right now, so like tantrum-throwing children they're directing their frustration and ire at anyone with Asian features who they already have disdain for. People don't just "become" racist because someone labels a virus "Chinese virus." That conclusion lacks logical rigor nearly to the same extent as the rationale of the people it's criticizing.

You are making assumptions that also lack logical rigor. Although you label these people as idiots, you also assume they know for certain the origin of the virus.

Given there is zero benefit to labeling it as such, and possible harm, we should err on the safe side.

No, we should teach people not to be morons.

We should. But I’m not going to be holding my breath. A lot of the people in charge seem to be happy that people are morons.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Can anyone name anyone that was helped merely by calling it “Wuhan flu” or “Chinese flu”?

How is anyone helped merely by the naming of any disease? Not everything is binary. Things can be more than just "helped" or "bad."

True. No one is helped by labeling it anything in particular.

But I’d say there’s evidence that people are harmed by labeling it such.

What's spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians | CNN

Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus has led to xeonophobic attacks against fellow Americans. And the pain ranges from physical to verbal to financial.

www.cnn.com

Well the idiots that are expressing race-based aggression towards Asian people are most certainly aware that the outbreak originated in China--everybody in the world knows that unless they were literally born yesterday--so there's no way anyone can possibly say with even a modicum of certainty that those people are acting the way they are simply because someone has called it the "Wuhan virus," or that they'd be acting any differently if nobody called it that. We're talking about people who already harbor those predisposed opinions, and likely blame China for their circumstances right now, so like tantrum-throwing children they're directing their frustration and ire at anyone with Asian features who they already have disdain for. People don't just "become" racist because someone labels a virus "Chinese virus." That conclusion lacks logical rigor nearly to the same extent as the rationale of the people it's criticizing.

You are making assumptions that also lack logical rigor. Although you label these people as idiots, you also assume they know for certain the origin of the virus.

Given there is zero benefit to labeling it as such, and possible harm, we should err on the safe side.

No, we should teach people not to be morons.

We should. But I’m not going to be holding my breath. A lot of the people in charge seem to be happy that people are morons.

It's always been the case that ignorant people in the country do ignorant things.

There are a still of lot of sexist individuals out there.

Keeping the name helps the Chinese know we are pissed and we don't buy their bullshit claims.

 

[colfax_m]

Can anyone name anyone that was helped merely by calling it “Wuhan flu” or “Chinese flu”?

How is anyone helped merely by the naming of any disease? Not everything is binary. Things can be more than just "helped" or "bad."

True. No one is helped by labeling it anything in particular.

But I’d say there’s evidence that people are harmed by labeling it such.

What's spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians | CNN

Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus has led to xeonophobic attacks against fellow Americans. And the pain ranges from physical to verbal to financial.

www.cnn.com

Well the idiots that are expressing race-based aggression towards Asian people are most certainly aware that the outbreak originated in China--everybody in the world knows that unless they were literally born yesterday--so there's no way anyone can possibly say with even a modicum of certainty that those people are acting the way they are simply because someone has called it the "Wuhan virus," or that they'd be acting any differently if nobody called it that. We're talking about people who already harbor those predisposed opinions, and likely blame China for their circumstances right now, so like tantrum-throwing children they're directing their frustration and ire at anyone with Asian features who they already have disdain for. People don't just "become" racist because someone labels a virus "Chinese virus." That conclusion lacks logical rigor nearly to the same extent as the rationale of the people it's criticizing.

You are making assumptions that also lack logical rigor. Although you label these people as idiots, you also assume they know for certain the origin of the virus.

Given there is zero benefit to labeling it as such, and possible harm, we should err on the safe side.

No, we should teach people not to be morons.

We should. But I’m not going to be holding my breath. A lot of the people in charge seem to be happy that people are morons.

It's always been the case that ignorant people in the country do ignorant things.

There are a still of lot of sexist individuals out there.

Keeping the name helps the Chinese know we are pissed and we don't buy their bullshit claims.

I’ll stick with what medical professionals call it. You can stick with whatever makes you feel better I guess.

 

[Nostra]

The politics of calling this disease the Chinese Virus or the Wuhan Flu and other racially derogatory names is inaccurate relative to evidence scientists have seen.

The COVID-19 Virus May Have Been in Humans For Years, Study Suggests
JACINTA BOWLER
30 MARCH 2020

As COVID-19 has hitchhiked around the globe, causing lockdowns, pneumonia and fear, scientists have been racing to determine where the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has come from.

While we don't have all the answers yet - including whether it came from an animal reservoir - a new analysis has definitively put to rest the conspiracies that claim it's a lab-made disease.

The study raises some interesting possibilities regarding the origin of the new coronavirus. One of the scenarios suggests the virus may have been circulating harmlessly in human populations for quite a while before it became the pandemic that's now stopped the world in its tracks.

"It is possible that a progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 jumped into humans, acquiring [new genomic features] through adaptation during undetected human-to-human transmission," the team from the US, UK and Australia writes in the study.

"Once acquired, these adaptations would enable the pandemic to take off and produce a sufficiently large cluster of cases."

The researchers analysed genomic data available from SARS-CoV-2 and other similar coronaviruses, showing that the receptor-binding domain (RBD) sections of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins were so effective at binding to human cells, they had to be caused by natural selection.

"By comparing the available genome sequence data for known coronavirus strains, we can firmly determine that SARS-CoV-2 originated through natural processes," said one of the researchers, immunologist Kristian Andersen at Scripps Research.

"Two features of the virus, the mutations in the RBD portion of the spike protein and its distinct backbone, rules out laboratory manipulation as a potential origin for SARS-CoV-2."

The COVID-19 Virus May Have Been in Humans For Years, Study Suggests

As COVID-19 has hitchhiked around the globe, causing lockdowns, pneumonia and fear, scientists have been racing to determine where the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has come from.

www.sciencealert.com

The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 - Nature Medicine

www.nature.com

Genomic Study Points to Natural Origin of COVID-19

No matter where you go online these days, there’s bound to be discussion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Some folks are even making outrageous claims that the new coronavirus causing the pa…

directorsblog.nih.gov

Coronavirus Rumor Control

To find trusted sources, look for information from official public health and safety authorities. Visit the CDC Coronavirus page to find many official sources. Check your state and local government or emergency management websites and social media accounts for trusted information specific to...

www.fema.gov

What is you source for this big news

its a 23-year old snowflake named Jacinta Bowler who is not an authority on anything

Jacinta Bowler

Science Journalist

jacintabowler.wordpress.com

Jacinta Bowler is a science journalist specialising in online media, radio, and the importance of fact checking in a changing media landscape.
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Another IQ2 thread fail.

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[Bruce_T_Laney]

The politics of calling this disease the Chinese Virus or the Wuhan Flu and other racially derogatory names is inaccurate relative to evidence scientists have seen.

The COVID-19 Virus May Have Been in Humans For Years, Study Suggests
JACINTA BOWLER
30 MARCH 2020

As COVID-19 has hitchhiked around the globe, causing lockdowns, pneumonia and fear, scientists have been racing to determine where the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has come from.

While we don't have all the answers yet - including whether it came from an animal reservoir - a new analysis has definitively put to rest the conspiracies that claim it's a lab-made disease.

The study raises some interesting possibilities regarding the origin of the new coronavirus. One of the scenarios suggests the virus may have been circulating harmlessly in human populations for quite a while before it became the pandemic that's now stopped the world in its tracks.

"It is possible that a progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 jumped into humans, acquiring [new genomic features] through adaptation during undetected human-to-human transmission," the team from the US, UK and Australia writes in the study.

"Once acquired, these adaptations would enable the pandemic to take off and produce a sufficiently large cluster of cases."

The researchers analysed genomic data available from SARS-CoV-2 and other similar coronaviruses, showing that the receptor-binding domain (RBD) sections of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins were so effective at binding to human cells, they had to be caused by natural selection.

"By comparing the available genome sequence data for known coronavirus strains, we can firmly determine that SARS-CoV-2 originated through natural processes," said one of the researchers, immunologist Kristian Andersen at Scripps Research.

"Two features of the virus, the mutations in the RBD portion of the spike protein and its distinct backbone, rules out laboratory manipulation as a potential origin for SARS-CoV-2."

The COVID-19 Virus May Have Been in Humans For Years, Study Suggests

As COVID-19 has hitchhiked around the globe, causing lockdowns, pneumonia and fear, scientists have been racing to determine where the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has come from.

www.sciencealert.com

The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 - Nature Medicine

www.nature.com

Genomic Study Points to Natural Origin of COVID-19

No matter where you go online these days, there’s bound to be discussion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Some folks are even making outrageous claims that the new coronavirus causing the pa…

directorsblog.nih.gov

Coronavirus Rumor Control

To find trusted sources, look for information from official public health and safety authorities. Visit the CDC Coronavirus page to find many official sources. Check your state and local government or emergency management websites and social media accounts for trusted information specific to...

www.fema.gov

I want to call it the Kung Flu Pandemic and many on the left that are like minded like you want to call it Trump Plague...

So as you whine about what nickname is used the fact is the virus outbreak originated in China, and nothing you write will change those facts!