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US push to include 'Wuhan virus' language in G7 joint statement fractures alliance
CNN ^
| Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler
Posted on 03/25/2020 2:31:27 PM PDT by semimojo
A push by the US State Department to include the phrase "Wuhan virus" in a joint statement with other Group of Seven members following a meeting of foreign ministers on coronavirus on Wednesday was rejected, resulting in separate statements and division in the group.
"What the State Department has suggested is a red line," a European diplomat said. "You cannot agree with this branding of this virus and trying to communicate this."...
Although the World Health Organization officially has dubbed the illness Covid-19 or coronavirus, a 12-paragraph draft statement circulated by the US among the G7 ministers referred to it as the "Wuhan virus." Because the US holds the presidency for the international coalition -- which also includes the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada -- it was responsible for penning the draft joint statement.
As a result, several of the member nations released their own statements following the foreign ministers' meeting, which was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Germany; Japan; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2020election; alexmarquardt; canada; china; clintonnonnews; cnn; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; france; germany; italy; japan; jenniferhansler; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; unitedkingdom; wuhanvirus
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It's all about the branding, baby.
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:31:27 PM PDT
by
semimojo
To: semimojo; yldstrk
I prefer "China's Chernobyl" or the already taken "CCP Virus"
Go President Trump!
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:32:34 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Me and my homies woulda been stackin' bodies by now- G. Washington.)
To: KC_Lion
Chinese Bat Soup Virus or CBSV20 for short.
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:33:42 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Everyday is Trump Day!)
To: KC_Lion
How about the “Xi Jinping Virus” — or just “Xi Virus” for short?
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:34:10 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but youÂ’d better be able to prove your dog is v)
To: Leep
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:34:12 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: KC_Lion
Oops, or CBSV19 for short.
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:34:20 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Everyday is Trump Day!)
To: semimojo
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:34:29 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: semimojo
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:35:15 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: pgyanke
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:35:25 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
To: semimojo
Why do we give a damned what these European Idiots think?
They have their own problems running their own union that is collapsing beneath their feet.
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:35:41 PM PDT
by
puppypusher
( The world is going to the dogs.)
To: semimojo
Harrumph, harrumph - I demand we rename Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever...and for that matter the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Spanish Flu. Oh, and West Nile Virus...and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)...
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:36:37 PM PDT
by
Shethink13
(there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
To: MayflowerMadam; pgyanke; Leep; Army Air Corps
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:37:24 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Me and my homies woulda been stackin' bodies by now- G. Washington.)
To: KC_Lion
Chinese communist bioweapon
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:37:50 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Partisan Media Shills update.
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:39:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: KC_Lion
“Xi’s Disease”
I love it! It’s actually poetic.
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:39:52 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but youÂ’d better be able to prove your dog is v)
To: semimojo
OK, now we shouldn’t call H1N1 flu the swine flu or we might offend some pigs....and the Lame Street Media.
To: antidemoncrat
OK, now we shouldn’t call H1N1 flu the swine flu or we might offend some pigs...Technically, H1N1 could be called the American Flu since it originated in North American pig herds.
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:41:31 PM PDT
by
semimojo
To: semimojo
Wuhan Flu- 100% (laboratory) tested on the entire world! Made in China!
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:42:36 PM PDT
by
dowcaet
To: MrEdd
More and more that’s what it appears to be!
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posted on
03/25/2020 2:43:27 PM PDT
by
dowcaet
To: semimojo
It's all about the branding, baby. One country calls it Wuhan virus and six countries call it Covid-19. Which brand is going to win?
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