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   22 Mar 20 09:01:53, Mike Powell wrote to Richard Menedetter:   
      
    >> Anyway ... PLEASE people switch on your brains!   
    >> Obey to necessary measures, and do not be racist!   
    MP>    
    MP>    
    MP> Please explain why referring to the COVID-19 virus by its country or area   
   of   
    MP> origin ("Chinese Coronavirus", "Wuhan Coronavirus") is racist, but   
   calling the   
    MP> 2012 novel coronavirus outbreak the "Middle East respiratory syndrome," or   
    MP> MERS, or MERS-CoV, after its area of origin, is not racist.   
      
   Who said that MERS is not a racist term? Of course it is.    
        
    MP> My brain is switched on, and I cannot see a difference.  Even the WHO and   
   US   
    MP> CDC commonly refer to the  2012 novel coronavirus as MERS.   
      
   The latest coronavirus that plays a role in the ongoing Trump pandemic has the   
   official designation SARS-CoV-2. Why do you want to call it the Chinese or   
   Wuhan Coronavirus? What other reason besides racism are there? Just because we   
   made mistakes in the past doesn't mean we have to repeat them forever.   
      
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