> 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

> 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.