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What facts on the ground does usage of "flu" reflect? It's not influenza and nobody seriously calls it flu. Even those least interested in the specifics know it
by phonypc 7y ago
What facts on the ground does usage of "flu" reflect? It's not influenza and nobody seriously calls it flu. Even those least interested in the specifics know it as as unqualified "coronavirus" or Wuhan virus. To call it flu is to deliberately downplay its significance, make a joke out of it. Whatever the reality of the situation.
- themodelplumber 7y ago> To call it flu is to deliberately downplay its significance, make a joke out of it. To the contrary, regular non-joking, totally serious people still call it Chinese flu, bird flu, I've even heard bat flu, probably some others. I think you are forgetting common lack of awareness / ignorance. https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_flu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_flu https://extra.ie/2020/01/18/news/irish-news/new-chinese-flu-50-people https://extra.ie/2020/01/18/news/irish-news/new-chinese-flu-... https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/wuhan-flu-how-to-protect-from-mystery-coronavirus https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/wuhan-flu-how-to-protect-f... You can see why--a lot of media sites like the one above still show their original URL even though the titles have been changed.