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Let’s remember. Coronavirus is not an Asian virus. It’s a human virus. We must elongate the epidemic curve for slow rise, slow fall. We must release all medical stockpiles. We must limit public gatherings of any sort, of any kid. Sooner we do this, sooner we conquer this disease

What about the Spanish Flu? Or the Russian Flu?

There it is. I’ve been deathly afraid of this exact moment where Trump turns to racism and xenophobia and calls COVID-19 the “Chinese Virus.” We are in deep trouble as a nation now that President of the United States makes the conscious decision to go down this dark path of hate.

He has been very good up until this exact moment not to inflame racial hatred against Asian Americans when it comes to the coronavirus. But now he has opened the floodgates of hate and violence against people like me and my family. I have never been this scared to be an American.

It’s not “the Chinese Virus” anymore than it was the “spanish influenza”. It’s COVID19. These are xenophobic names used by the US government to cast blame for pandemics on other countries. The fact is we were caught unprepared due to Trump’s own action, not China’s.

How do you get prepared for the unknown? Please enlighten everyone

46-1 called #coronavirus the #ChineseVirus. Guess he doesn’t know wypipo gave us smallpox, bubonic plague, chickenpox, cholera, the common cold, diphtheria, influenza, malaria, measles, scarlet fever, sexually transmitted diseases, typhoid, typhus, tuberculosis, and pertussis.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239685852093169664 …

Smallpox originated 3,000 yrs ago. Bubonic Plague spread by fleas in 1348 and 1350. Chicken Pox 1658. Cholera 1854 caused by dirty H2o with human feces. Common Cold 16th century BC. Diphtheria 1880's. Flu 500 yrs ago. Malaria 30 mil yrs ago from mosquitoes.