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Another day -- another title/thread with misinformation.
Keep it up guys -- your record is going strong.
That's another reason we are so divided, so much misinformation out there. And people take the misinformation as gospel, and spreads it without any fact checks.
This is no different to me than the idiots I still see flying Trump flags. They are trying to prove some point that is completely irrelevant at this stage. I have never called it by that name - I use Covid, Corona, Covid-19.
It's not China's virus. They don't own it. It's a world wide pandemic. Regardless of where it started, it's creating chaos for everyone. If you think there will be reparations from China because that is where this started - you are about as stupid as I suspected.
This. Using the term says a lot more about the speaker than it does about the virus.
True. We know the virus got started in China's Wuhan province. Calling it "China virus" over and over, it doesn't tell me where it comes from. It tells me the kind of mentality some people have. Calling it "Kung flu" over and over, same mentality. No one has come up with a cogent point in calling it that over and over, and especially with the flippant attitude I've been seeing.
It reminds me of when former President Trump got elected. One guy put a "Mexican word of the day" meme. And the "Mexican word of the day" featured was "Hide". That wasn't funny at all. It was just a bigoted, jerk mentality I was seeing from said person. I understand not wanting people to come here illegally. However, that meme was really just a racist joke at that point. If it was meant to be a jab at illegals, it sounded more like a racist jab at Mexicans. There are plenty of illegals from other countries, as Mexico isn't the only country of origin.
There are individuals who just seem to get a kick out of being antagonistic and ugly of mind. When I've asked "what's the point in doing it?", no good answers have ever come out of it.
Spanish Flu?
Hong Kong Flu"
German Measles?
Ebola (for the uninitiated that's a river in the Congo where the disease originated)?
Legionnaire's?
Sometimes I think some people, not you, were infected with the French Pox as infants.
I just use "flu", "influenza", "rubella", and "leprosy". And I know that Ebola is a river.
I really do not understand the point of calling Covid-19 "China virus" or "Kung flu" other than to be hateful and antagonistic. I really don't. All I tells me is about the individuals who use those terms.
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