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Giving the Right Name to the Virus Causing a Worldwide Pandemic ("CCP Virus")
The Epoch Times ^
| March 18, 2020
| The Epoch Times Editorial Board
Posted on 03/18/2020 3:50:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: Eccl 10:2
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.
To: 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.
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03/20/2020 11:57:55 AM PDT
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Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" don't)
To: 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 neednt answer. We all know what the answer is.
Were 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
To: RandallFlagg
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03/20/2020 12:44:09 PM PDT
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Salamander
(Living On The Ledge....)
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