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Trump says China virus, not "China Flu". This is not an influenza strain. > say Trump's insistence on "China Flu" is anything but an attempt to generate an adv
by tathougies 7y ago
Trump says China virus, not "China Flu". This is not an influenza strain.
> say Trump's insistence on "China Flu" is anything but an attempt to generate an adversary
Trump is just calling it what everyone called it before WHO decided to call it COVID 19 or nCov-SARS2, or whatever the virus is called according to them. The rest of the media was using Wuhan coronavirus or Chinese coronavirus since December.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoSorry, China virus. So you're telling me instead that the president can't keep up with the modern word choice? Clearly the world and its leaders have moved on from that, but the US is willing to hold diplomatic relations up in an attempt to re-frame the conversation. https://www.axios.com/wuhan-virus-pompeo-g7-statement-coronavirus-b416d6df-f902-4685-961f-4744b3d19d06.html https://www.axios.com/wuhan-virus-pompeo-g7-statement-corona...