CDC Director Condemns Trump's 'China Virus' Tweet
Source: daily beast
ABSOLUTELY WRONG
Published Mar. 10, 2020 3:13PM ET
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday agreed that it was absolutely wrong for President Trump to label the 2019 novel coronavirus as the China Virus. Its absolutely wrong and inappropriate to call this the Chinese coronavirus, I assume you would agree with that? Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) reportedly asked CDC director Robert RedfieldCh
Several top GOP members and Trump allies have also used names associating China with the disease, such as Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who called it the Wuhan virus last week. Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), among several other Democrats, condemned Trumps usage of the term: Will stop spread of the coronavirus: washing your hands/staying home if youre sick, she said, adding, Wont stop the spread of coronavirus: racism/xenophobia.
Read it at The Washington Post
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/cdc-director-robert-redfield-condemns-trumps-china-virus-tweet
Robert Redfield has a LONG history of homophobia.
SEE THIS THREAD ALSO--#KevinMccarthy parrots Fox news who called the virus the Chinese virus
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213069656
KT2000
(20,588 posts)all these people are just stage managers.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)Squinch
(51,021 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)If origins matter!
Squinch
(51,021 posts)NBachers
(17,146 posts)always some "Blame this population" name affixed to the flu du jour in those days.
I'm glad most of us have grown beyond that.
Massacure
(7,526 posts)Using the region of origin serves as a convenient way to name a virus for those who are too lazy to think about the connotations that the name may cause. Back in those days, I don't believe there was purposeful blame in names like the Asiatic Flu.
The virus causing the current pandemic has an official name though - SARS-CoV-2. Anybody who uses the term "China Virus" for the current pandemic deserves to be taken to task for it. It's impossible to know if Trump's use of that term stems from racist intent or an ultra-short attention span that makes him incapable of remembering even basic facts. God help us all.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)the racism is just a bonus for them. The blaming others is a signature Dumph move.