Post by the Scribe on Aug 31, 2020 1:52:34 GMT
Repeatedly calling the novel coronavirus the “China virus” and using phrases like “kung flu” is a way for President Trump to shift blame for the deadly toll of the pandemic away from his own administration. Critics say that the language is racist and that this language could add to the ugly harassment that Asian Americans have already faced. The virus has an official name, SARS-CoV-2, and the World Health Organization says names based on geography can lead to a dangerous backlash against those who live there.
www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881810671/white-house-defends-trumps-use-of-racist-term-to-describe-coronavirus
www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811363404/when-xenophobia-spreads-like-a-virus
www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/11/802352351/new-coronavirus-gets-an-official-name-from-the-world-health-organization#:~:text=Coronavirus%20Disease%20Identified%20In%20China
www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2015/naming-new-diseases/en/
Nell Greenfieldboyce
NPR Science Desk Correspondent
www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881810671/white-house-defends-trumps-use-of-racist-term-to-describe-coronavirus
www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811363404/when-xenophobia-spreads-like-a-virus
www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/11/802352351/new-coronavirus-gets-an-official-name-from-the-world-health-organization#:~:text=Coronavirus%20Disease%20Identified%20In%20China
www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2015/naming-new-diseases/en/
Nell Greenfieldboyce
NPR Science Desk Correspondent