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    > Anyway ... PLEASE people switch on your brains!   
    > Obey to necessary measures, and do not be racist!   
      
      
   Please explain why referring to the COVID-19 virus by its country or area of   
   origin ("Chinese Coronavirus", "Wuhan Coronavirus") is racist, but calling the   
   2012 novel coronavirus outbreak the "Middle East respiratory syndrome," or   
   MERS, or MERS-CoV, after its area of origin, is not racist.   
      
   My brain is switched on, and I cannot see a difference.  Even the WHO and US   
   CDC commonly refer to the  2012 novel coronavirus as MERS.   
      
   Remeber the question is "why is it racist?" and not why you believe it to be   
   inaccurate.   
      
   Thanks for you time.   
      
   Mike   
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