Subj : FidoGazette Vol 14 no 12 Page: 2
To   : Mike Powell
From : Oli
Date : Mon Mar 23 2020 08:30:00

22 Mar 20 09:01:53, Mike Powell wrote to Richard Menedetter:

 >> Anyway ... PLEASE people switch on your brains!
 >> Obey to necessary measures, and do not be racist!
 MP> 
 MP> 
 MP> Please explain why referring to the COVID-19 virus by its country or area 
of
 MP> origin ("Chinese Coronavirus", "Wuhan Coronavirus") is racist, but calling 
the
 MP> 2012 novel coronavirus outbreak the "Middle East respiratory syndrome," or
 MP> MERS, or MERS-CoV, after its area of origin, is not racist.

Who said that MERS is not a racist term? Of course it is. 
  
 MP> My brain is switched on, and I cannot see a difference.  Even the WHO and 
US
 MP> CDC commonly refer to the  2012 novel coronavirus as MERS.

The latest coronavirus that plays a role in the ongoing Trump pandemic has the 
official designation SARS-CoV-2. Why do you want to call it the Chinese or 
Wuhan Coronavirus? What other reason besides racism are there? Just because we 
made mistakes in the past doesn't mean we have to repeat them forever.

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