[Mick]

Brock Turner's press nickname as the "Stanford rapist" irked me to no end, and similarly, the "Chinese virus" annoys me because it is at once both extremely vague and inflammatory as the term Chinese is nearly exclusively a perjorative in the mouths of certain media outlets.  To fight that perception, it would be nice to do away with "Chinese virus."

Wuhan virus, SARS-CoV-2, etc. are fine.  But the insistence on using "Chinese virus" (there are more than one) is not specific enough to be anything more than a racial dogwhistle.  Do better.

Also, I concur with everyone else who took notice of the Wuhan lockdown.  Quasi-martial law for a city of 11 million is not a light undertaking, and to not assume the worst from there was foolish.

San Antonio now condemns "Chinese virus" as hate speech.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...peech.html

[Mick]

Brock Turner's press nickname as the "Stanford rapist" irked me to no end, and similarly, the "Chinese virus" annoys me because it is at once both extremely vague and inflammatory as the term Chinese is nearly exclusively a perjorative in the mouths of certain media outlets.  To fight that perception, it would be nice to do away with "Chinese virus."

Wuhan virus, SARS-CoV-2, etc. are fine.  But the insistence on using "Chinese virus" (there are more than one) is not specific enough to be anything more than a racial dogwhistle.  Do better.

Also, I concur with everyone else who took notice of the Wuhan lockdown.  Quasi-martial law for a city of 11 million is not a light undertaking, and to not assume the worst from there was foolish.

San Antonio now condemns "Chinese virus" as hate speech.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...peech.html