https://time.com/5807376/virus-name-foreign-history/
“Research shows that when ordinary citizens see a disease threat as
foreign, it can lead those ordinary citizens to not take action,” Dionne
says. “So if someone sees this as a quote ‘Chinese’ virus, they might
not be as likely to take up important hygiene behaviors like handwashing
or social distancing.”
Shah thinks it’s particularly interesting that Trump
and many of his allies are doubling down on COVID-19 as the “Chinese
virus” at a moment when the disease is a global pandemic unconfined to
any one region. Fear, he says, may be linked to a desire to fix the
blame on someone else. That’s a repeating pattern in U.S. history—and so
is the damage it can cause.
Martial law. It's like a dream come true. Finally a way to lock up degenerates.
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The virus emerged from the backwoods of China. It spread from the markets of China. Knowledge of how bad the situation is was hidden by China. It was exported to the world by travellers from China. But no, it's got nothing to do with China.
ReplyDeleteAnd now that China has gotten the virus under control and is starting to re-engage its economic engines, it's going to push for economic control over the US. The fascists want to control everyone.
Calling it the China virus is a way to remember that, when this is finally under control, China has to face a reckoning and can't be allowed to go unpunished.