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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Kung-Flu"!!! This is unbelievable and demeaning.
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Weijia Jiang
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This morning a White House official referred to #Coronavirus as the Kung-Flu to my face. Makes me wonder what theyre calling it behind my back.
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9:35 AM - Mar 17, 2020 · Washington, DC
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"Kung-Flu"!!! This is unbelievable and demeaning. (Original Post)
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2020
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I think they are desperate for it to pick up a catchy nickname before "Trump Virus" sticks.
RockRaven
Mar 2020
#3
We spent years talking about the "Spanish Flu" when Spain had nothing to do with it.
TreasonousBastard
Mar 2020
#9
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)1. Let us call it The Trump Virus! n/t
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RockRaven
(14,899 posts)3. I think they are desperate for it to pick up a catchy nickname before "Trump Virus" sticks.
They tried Wuhan Virus. Then they tried Chinese Virus. Now they're on Kung Flu. It will get uglier, no doubt.
spanone
(135,792 posts)4. How about the 'Trump-Flu'
tavernier
(12,369 posts)5. Ive only heard Corona around town and on social media.
Covid on news sites.
I think its too late for fat bastard to rename it.
dalton99a
(81,398 posts)6. Racism is a basic value of the criminal regime
From "the least racist person you will ever interview" on down
Glorfindel
(9,719 posts)7. It is nothing more or less than the Trump Flu caused by the Trump Virus
All other references are null and void. So let it be written. So let it be done.
dalton99a
(81,398 posts)8. +1. And the Trump Recession
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)9. We spent years talking about the "Spanish Flu" when Spain had nothing to do with it.
Igel
(35,274 posts)13. Nobody cares.
We still call it the Spanish flu. There may be a technical term for it, but that's not what's used.
I'm surprised nobody's decried MERS as racist. Then again, maybe they have and I just don't care. I was always told, "Don't take what's not offered."
mcar
(42,278 posts)10. Deplorable
C_U_L8R
(44,988 posts)11. The world will be better without this virus (and also COVID-19)
Trump disgraces all of us.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)12. Vile!
-Laelth
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)14. Decency is just not their forte.