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Outrage as Trump calls coronavirus 'Chinese Virus'
Al Jazeera ^
| 17 March 2020
| Al Jazeera News Agencies
Posted on 03/17/2020 9:20:56 AM PDT by Steely Tom
S President Donald Trump has been criticised for repeatedly referring to the coronavirus as the "Chinese Virus", with critics saying he is "fueling bigotry" and putting Asian-American communities at risk.
The president's new labelling of the virus came as China and the US traded blame over the origins of the virus, ignoring World Health Organization (WHO) warnings not to link the pathogen, which was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December, to a particular area or community to avoid discrimination or stigmatisation.
The virus, and the disease it causes, COVID-19, has infected more than 173,000 worldwide and killed over 7,000, according to the WHO.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
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KEYWORDS: agitprop; arabstreet; china; coronavirus; qatar
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To: Steely Tom
Al Jazeera? I wouldn’t expect less.
To: Steely Tom
Damn it! There are some broadcast towers in need of bombing.
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:22:26 AM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: Steely Tom
What needs stigmatizing are the CHICOMS who hid the consequences from us while taking over the world’s supply chains subverting the west through our corrupt elite.
To: Steely Tom
Thank goodness he didn’t say, Chinky Ching Chong Flu.
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:23:29 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Everyday is Trump Day!)
To: Steely Tom
I’ve seen some people calling it “Kung Flu”.
To: Leep
Remember when Archie Bunker called accupuncture “chinkupuncture” ?
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03/17/2020 9:24:24 AM PDT
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Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
To: Chad_the_Impaler
Lung Pao Sicken
(Babylon Bee)
To: Steely Tom
Not bothering me one bit.
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:24:51 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: Leep
To: Chad_the_Impaler
Everybody was Kung Flu Fighting!
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:25:14 AM PDT
by
Bob434
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To: Steely Tom
Yo Akbar...we’re not the ones sticking oil-soaked cotton balls up our anus.
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:25:47 AM PDT
by
moovova
("Socially distancing myself since forever.")
To: Steely Tom
To: Bob434
Post of the Day award!!! LOL
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:25:59 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: Steely Tom
I’m not outraged. Are you?
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:27:11 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: Steely Tom
To: Steely Tom
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03/17/2020 9:27:35 AM PDT
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Leep
(Everyday is Trump Day!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
03/17/2020 9:28:07 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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03/17/2020 9:28:18 AM PDT
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Bratch
(“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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