Giving the Right Name to the Virus Causing a Worldwide Pandemic ("CCP Virus")

The Epoch Times ^ | March 18, 2020 | The Epoch Times Editorial Board

[E. Pluribus Unum]

There has been controversy recently about what to call the virus that has unleashed a worldwide pandemic. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) prefers “novel coronavirus.” Others have referred to it as the “Wuhan virus,” after its place of origin, as is common in naming diseases.

The Epoch Times suggests a more accurate name is the “CCP virus,” and calls upon others to join us in adopting this name.

The name holds the CCP accountable for its wanton disregard of human life and consequent spawning of a pandemic that has put untold numbers in countries around the world at risk, while creating widespread fear and devastating the economies of nations trying to cope with this disease.

After all, CCP officials knew in early December that the virus had appeared in Wuhan, but they sat on the information for six weeks. They arrested those who tried to warn of the danger, accusing them of spreading “rumors,” and employed the regime’s rigorous censorship to prevent media coverage and to delete any mentions of it from social media.

What might have been contained was allowed silently to spread, showing up in all of China. Individuals who might have protected themselves became victims, in numbers far greater than the CCP has admitted. By late January, there were reports that all of the crematoria in Wuhan were operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deal with the crush of dead bodies.

[Svartalfiar]

Many of the other recent pandemics were given geographical names. Why did the sexy name for this one get used, and not “China” flu, or “Wuhan” flu?

Go “um” yourself, if you insist on being an apologist for the Globalist Liberals.

You do realize "coronavirus" is not the name of this current outbreak? Coronaviridae is the name of a family of viri, something like 50 different species, of which I believe seven are known to infect humans. SARS and MERS are both in this family, as well as a couple more that just cause the common cold. Geographical names are popularly used, they have nothing to do with scientific nomenclature, usually.

And plenty of people (myself included) have referred to it as the "Wuhan Virus" around here and wider on the interwebs.

[Eccl 10:2]

All of that is well and good.

What do 99% of the US voters still call it?

What did the liberal media call it when they whipped up the frenzy and tanked the economy and the stock market?

You needn’t answer. We all know what the answer is.

We’re done here. Thanks for playing.

[Svartalfiar]

All of that is well and good.

What do 99% of the US voters still call it?

What did the liberal media call it when they whipped up the frenzy and tanked the economy and the stock market?

You needn’t answer. We all know what the answer is.

We’re done here. Thanks for playing.

I haven't the foggiest, why don't you take a poll to find out what everyone calls it?

It was initially called the novel coronavirus, because it was a new (novel) coronavirus that had yet to be identified. Current nomenclature is SARS-CoV-2. Can you tell me, without looking it up, the correct name for the Spanish Flu? (Side hint, it's not called that because it came from Spain!) What about any other pandemics? Do you go home and tell people you have influenza, type A, H#N#, strain XYZ? No, you just tell people you have the flu.

And what good does pinging me on every article that mentions the term "coronavirus" do? It's still an accurate description, no different than saying I drive a Toyota pickup, instead of saying " I drive an '07 Toyota Tundra 4.7L SR5, metallic salsa red".

Here, I'll even link you to one that goes opposite your 'argument':
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3826084/posts

[Salamander]

*Wins the internet