Bill Maher Says Coronavirus Should Be Called the ‘Chinese Virus': ‘We Should Blame China’ [It's standard practice to name a disease from the place where it came from]

yahoo.com ^ | April 10, 2020

[independentmind]

It is a very good question as to why there were apparently no major outbreaks in China other than in Wuhan.

The lockdown in Wuhan is not a sufficient explanation, because millions of Chinese left the area before the lockdown.

Most curious.

[ghostkatz]

Funny thing: I got West Nile in Texas and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Arkansas. Howdat happen ?

[Track9]

Heck, that’s why we call it Obamacare.

[Spktyr]

There are still ongoing outbreaks in China, and there was a fairly well publicized one in Hong Kong. The reason you’re not hearing about them elsewhere in the mainland is because of Chinese control of the press, plus the Chinese definition of “lockdown” is a lot different than ours. They simply shot anyone out violating curfews or lockdowns and disappeared the body.

[RonnG]

Wasnt he calling it the Trump Virus two weeks ago?

[semimojo]

It's standard practice to name a disease from the place where it came from

Are we going to start calling H1N1 the America virus?

[independentmind]

Maybe.

It is hard to imagine that an outbreak like the one in Northern Italy or in NYC could be covered up, even by the CCP.

Why haven’t we heard about any major outbreaks in China other than the one in Wuhan?

[Bommer]

Bet they will try to make it the Mara-largo flu in a month,

[5th MEB]

You not only have to say it, you have to BELIEVE it.

[5th MEB]

I was considering getting a copyright on the “CHINKENESE DISEASE”.

[PA Engineer]

Mayer gets it right on rare occasions. He may be looking at the political wind.

It is the China Virus, however the pandemic is correctly called the Wuhan Plague.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

This is the first sensible thing I have seen him come out with.

[Spktyr]

There was a major one in Hong Kong and that did get decent coverage. We’re only hearing peripherally about some (not even most) of the other ones in China. There have been some of these reports posted here on FR.

The Chinese also implemented their version of hard quarantine in other parts of their country and easily traced most of the people that left Wuhan that stayed in China. Anything other than that is “report this and we shoot you” so there will be little to no coverage.

Keep in mind that the Great Firewall is a thing and the Chinese government shut down most of the VPN holes in it during the start of the Wuhan crisis. So, yes, they can stifle news to that level.

Also, remember that the Chinese will stop the spread of viruses by shooting all the people that were in contact with carriers. If there’s no crisis in local medical centers, there’s nothing to report.

[Gay State Conservative]

Broken clock...twice a day.

[dragnet2]

Bill Maher Says Coronavirus Should Be Called the ‘Chinese Virus

This is pure genius on Maher's part. I mean he could have supported naming it the ice cream virus, or bull frog virus, or the bat cootie...Did he think of this all on his own? What a keen perceptive great man!

[SunkenCiv]

• Bill Maher blasts 'PC' uproar over 'Chinese virus' label: 'We SHOULD blame China'