It's because calling it a variant is not the same thing as calling it virus. Trump was calling it the China Virus to deflect any American spread blame away fro

It's because calling it a variant is not the same thing as calling it virus. Trump was calling it the China Virus to deflect any American spread blame away from his inaction. Calling the variants by where they are found is normal. Hence the UK Variant and the Brazil Variant, etc.