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New Coronavirus Gets an Official Name from the World Health Organization
- sigmaprimus 7y agoThey may have given it a new name but I'll still call it "Wuhan Fever" regardless of wether thats politically correct. I do wonder if sales of Corona beer took a hit from this disease though.
- newsgremlin 7y agoCOVID-19 is certainly not catchy. But I find there's been a lot of casual discrimination towards east Asians living in western society. A case I noticed last week that was local to me where a Taiwanese market trader was confronted by other traders and told to leave [1]. There's a lot of ignorance around it, people have given themselves a bit of leeway to presume they are infectious. Recent cases in Brighton, UK won't bare the same cautious response towards residents there. 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51358502 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51358502