Wednesday, March 11, 2020


It's Suddenly Racist to Say 'Wuhan Virus'

Is it racist to announce that you've contracted a possibly deadly virus while referring to the virus by the name of the city where it originally broke out? For example, is using the phrase "I'm scared because I just found out I have the Wuhan virus" evidence of racism?

If you said "No," or "Of course not," or "What the hell is wrong with you," that just proves you're a racist. Granted, everything proves you're a racist, but that definitely proves it. Anybody who says "Wuhan virus" is now a racist, according to our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters in the press.

Al Jazeera English:

A US congressman's announcement of his self-quarantine has stirred a debate on social media after he called the new coronavirus as "the Wuhan virus", referring to the Chinese city where the virus is believed to have originated...

Gosar, a Republican member of Congress, said he is isolating himself after determining he had contact at the Conservative Political Action Conference with a man who had tested positive for coronavirus.

If you wish Rep. Gosar a full and speedy recovery, that just proves you're a Republican (or a Republican sympathizer) and therefore you're a racist. What you need to do instead is excoriate Gosar for his obvious racism:

That's how it works. When a Republican says something, that means it's racist. Um, it's called logic, people. Google it.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Was the Spanish Flu epidemic early in the last century also racist???

Bill R. said...

So, you can no longer say Ebola, Lyme disease, Zika, German Measles, West Nile Fever, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Rift Valley Fever or anything else named for a geographic location. Whoever said that saying Wuhan Virus is racist is HIMSELF a racist.