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I tend to think of these questions as upside and downside.

Upside of not calling it "China Virus": There are known instances of people who appear to be Chinese being assaulted in the United States. If we can prevent even one of these attacks from happening by an ignorant person through using a different name, that feels like a good outcome to me.

Downside: we appear to be too politically correct? I don't know.

IMHO, if Trump et al. had not tried to use the "China Virus" as a blatant rally-around-the-flag technique, then the Administration would have more credibility in arguing that the ban was motivated by public health best practices and not xenophobia and scapegoating. 

Your quote brought up a question I've been meaning to ask:  why is using the term "the Wuhan virus" so taboo?  Strikes me as a perfectly adequate and accurate name.  

Is it because we don't want to "offend" people by calling it that?  I mean . . .  seriously?

[g1313]

I tend to think of these questions as upside and downside.

Upside of not calling it "China Virus": There are known instances of people who appear to be Chinese being assaulted in the United States. If we can prevent even one of these attacks from happening by an ignorant person through using a different name, that feels like a good outcome to me.

Downside: we appear to be too politically correct? I don't know.

IMHO, if Trump et al. had not tried to use the "China Virus" as a blatant rally-around-the-flag technique, then the Administration would have more credibility in arguing that the ban was motivated by public health best practices and not xenophobia and scapegoating. 

Your quote brought up a question I've been meaning to ask:  why is using the term "the Wuhan virus" so taboo?  Strikes me as a perfectly adequate and accurate name.  

Is it because we don't want to "offend" people by calling it that?  I mean . . .  seriously?