Originally Posted by
spelger
I do wish he would shut the heck up at times. But really, naming a virus after its first discovery is not out of the ordinary. Lyme disease, Ebola, west Nile come to mind. Sure there are others.
There are some pretty obvious differences between Trump’s use of the term “China virus” and those other examples...For example, Trump uses that term to deflect blame for his own utter failures to respond to the pandemic.
Besides, it’s actually called “Coronavirus.”