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Naming a Pandemic and The WHO

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For weeks now, I have asked the left wingers here to tell me how and why this pandemic was named. For the record, I and many others here think this is way over blown but that is not the subject of this OP. The subject is the CLAIMS, once again, that Donald J. Trump, the greatest president in history, is once again being called "racist" because he called it APPROPRIATELY the CHINA virus, which has been done for 130 years now with only three exceptions which were recent and politically named for reasons which will become apparent. I did everything i could to cajole the posters to find out why this virus was named COVID-19 and WHO named it and gave them big clues by asking "WHO named it" and it went over their collective heads. This is unlike other OPs from the leftists here who slap up a link from a liberal rag of bloggers AS IF what some twentysomething blogger fresh out of college is something to be in awe of.

So that you can't claim that i am using FOX as a source (as if that would be a problem) my link is from an entity that I know you all know and love.....CNN

World Health Organization under scrutiny as it walks China tightrope over coronavirus - CNN

A few excerpts from this article from an entity that is certainly no lover of America or Trump:

Sitting alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (remember this name)was effusive in his praise of the country's response to the coronavirus crisis............As the two men met in the Chinese capital, the number of cases was rising, and revelations were emerging that officials in Hubei province and Wuhan -- the city where the virus was first detected -- had sought to downplay and control news about the virus, even threatening medical whistleblowers with arrest................The WHO's praise of China's response have led critics to question the relationship between the two entities. The UN agency relied on funding and the cooperation of members to function, giving wealthy member states like China considerable influence.

Those interested can read the entire article. Suffice to say that WHO is in bed with China because of MONEY. Now, then, let's examine the WHO website and just "who" this guy is that heads this agency. He is the person with the long name listed above who the agency WHO that relies on funding from WHO...........you got it...China!!! He won't name a pandemic with the name of the country it originated from because he doesn't want to "stigmatize" that country!!!!!

So, 130 years of tradition is just tossed out the window by this radical leftist because he doesn't want to upset China, who gives WHO millions of dollars. All of the liberals upset about it being racists boils down to MONEY and liberalism. In this PC world, we can no longer tell the truth because it may hurt some feelings and, of course, possibly lead to less funding from China.

There was a very old radio announcer named Paul Harvey who would start his show called "The rest of the story" by telling the listeners what the ending was that most of the time people had heard (such as this being called COVID-19) and not knowing the details of why that was, and then he would tell the story of why and WHO, as I have here. Now you know that this was named COVID-19 by a liberal WHO director who didn't want to upset China and had to be politically correct and so now you know...........as Paul Harvey would say:


The REST of the story.
 
the OP got schooled (and emotional) in some other threads about getting suckered by Trump's branding of this virus.

so here we are.
 
For weeks now, I have asked the left wingers here to tell me how and why this pandemic was named. For the record, I and many others here think this is way over blown but that is not the subject of this OP. The subject is the CLAIMS, once again, that Donald J. Trump, the greatest president in history, is once again being called "racist" because he called it APPROPRIATELY the CHINA virus, which has been done for 130 years now with only three exceptions which were recent and politically named for reasons which will become apparent. I did everything i could to cajole the posters to find out why this virus was named COVID-19 and WHO named it and gave them big clues by asking "WHO named it" and it went over their collective heads. This is unlike other OPs from the leftists here who slap up a link from a liberal rag of bloggers AS IF what some twentysomething blogger fresh out of college is something to be in awe of.

So that you can't claim that i am using FOX as a source (as if that would be a problem) my link is from an entity that I know you all know and love.....CNN

World Health Organization under scrutiny as it walks China tightrope over coronavirus - CNN

A few excerpts from this article from an entity that is certainly no lover of America or Trump:



Those interested can read the entire article. Suffice to say that WHO is in bed with China because of MONEY. Now, then, let's examine the WHO website and just "who" this guy is that heads this agency. He is the person with the long name listed above who the agency WHO that relies on funding from WHO...........you got it...China!!! He won't name a pandemic with the name of the country it originated from because he doesn't want to "stigmatize" that country!!!!!

So, 130 years of tradition is just tossed out the window by this radical leftist because he doesn't want to upset China, who gives WHO millions of dollars. All of the liberals upset about it being racists boils down to MONEY and liberalism. In this PC world, we can no longer tell the truth because it may hurt some feelings and, of course, possibly lead to less funding from China.

There was a very old radio announcer named Paul Harvey who would start his show called "The rest of the story" by telling the listeners what the ending was that most of the time people had heard (such as this being called COVID-19) and not knowing the details of why that was, and then he would tell the story of why and WHO, as I have here. Now you know that this was named COVID-19 by a liberal WHO director who didn't want to upset China and had to be politically correct and so now you know...........as Paul Harvey would say:


The REST of the story.

Since you're so eager to point the finger at China instead of helping to solve the problem, and since you're so obsessed with naming a disease after its country of origin, where does evidence suggest that the "Spanish flu" originated from?
 
For weeks now, I have asked the left wingers here to tell me how and why this pandemic was named. For the record, I and many others here think this is way over blown but that is not the subject of this OP. The subject is the CLAIMS, once again, that Donald J. Trump, the greatest president in history .....
Where you lost all credibility.



J/K, Your credibility is already way, way back in the rear view mirror.
 
I have no objections to "the Chinese Flu"; its not like calling it the "Rice Eater Revenge " or "the Cat Eating Consumption".
The virus already has a name. Two actually. There is no objective reason to call it the “Chinese flu”.
 
The virus already has a name. Two actually. There is no objective reason to call it the “Chinese flu”.

Sure there is. A) It's from China. B) To make an exception to tradition on behalf of political correctness would be endorsing nonsense.
 
For weeks now, I have asked the left wingers here to tell me how and why this pandemic was named. For the record, I and many others here think this is way over blown but that is not the subject of this OP. The subject is the CLAIMS, once again, that Donald J. Trump, the greatest president in history, is once again being called "racist" because he called it APPROPRIATELY the CHINA virus, which has been done for 130 years now with only three exceptions which were recent and politically named for reasons which will become apparent. I did everything i could to cajole the posters to find out why this virus was named COVID-19 and WHO named it and gave them big clues by asking "WHO named it" and it went over their collective heads. This is unlike other OPs from the leftists here who slap up a link from a liberal rag of bloggers AS IF what some twentysomething blogger fresh out of college is something to be in awe of.
So that you can't claim that i am using FOX as a source (as if that would be a problem) my link is from an entity that I know you all know and love.....CNN
World Health Organization under scrutiny as it walks China tightrope over coronavirus - CNN
A few excerpts from this article from an entity that is certainly no lover of America or Trump:
Those interested can read the entire article. Suffice to say that WHO is in bed with China because of MONEY. Now, then, let's examine the WHO website and just "who" this guy is that heads this agency. He is the person with the long name listed above who the agency WHO that relies on funding from WHO...........you got it...China!!! He won't name a pandemic with the name of the country it originated from because he doesn't want to "stigmatize" that country!!!!!
So, 130 years of tradition is just tossed out the window by this radical leftist because he doesn't want to upset China, who gives WHO millions of dollars. All of the liberals upset about it being racists boils down to MONEY and liberalism. In this PC world, we can no longer tell the truth because it may hurt some feelings and, of course, possibly lead to less funding from China.
There was a very old radio announcer named Paul Harvey who would start his show called "The rest of the story" by telling the listeners what the ending was that most of the time people had heard (such as this being called COVID-19) and not knowing the details of why that was, and then he would tell the story of why and WHO, as I have here. Now you know that this was named COVID-19 by a liberal WHO director who didn't want to upset China and had to be politically correct and so now you know...........as Paul Harvey would say:
The REST of the story.


That ties in with the fact that WHO delayed the info that the virus transmits human-to-human because that info was given to WHO by Taiwan ... which China doesn't recognize and subsequently told WHO to ignore that crucial information.
 
Since you're so eager to point the finger at China instead of helping to solve the problem, and since you're so obsessed with naming a disease after its country of origin, where does evidence suggest that the "Spanish flu" originated from?

It suggests your question is irrelevant to the OP premise that pandemics are generally named after they country it is assumed they originated from. It suggests your post is a diversionary tactic that I detect and call out and understand you may not be used to that.
 
the OP got schooled (and emotional) in some other threads about getting suckered by Trump's branding of this virus.

so here we are.

I didn't get schooled. The OP was schooling you radical left wingers and predictably and sadly, the TDSers don't realize it.
 
“The greatest president in history.” Better than Washington or Jefferson. Better than Lincoln or FDR. Better than conservative Demi-god Ronald Reagan. If ever you knew not to take a person seriously, it would be if they made such a dishonest claim. If ever you wondered how a nation could wallow in demagoguery, look no further than the mentality on display. If ever you wondered how nations descended into fascism before WWII, here is your answer.
 
Where you lost all credibility.



J/K, Your credibility is already way, way back in the rear view mirror.

Another one who has his head in the sand and won't offer any rebuttal. Color me surprised.
 
The virus already has a name. Two actually. There is no objective reason to call it the “Chinese flu”.

named by the leftist head of WHO ...who gets mega dollars from China
 
Sure there is. A) It's from China. B) To make an exception to tradition on behalf of political correctness would be endorsing nonsense.

Not only that, he gets the bulk of his money FROM China and doesn't want to cross them. These leftists here just don't have a hankering for those nasty things called F A C TS
 
That ties in with the fact that WHO delayed the info that the virus transmits human-to-human because that info was given to WHO by Taiwan ... which China doesn't recognize and subsequently told WHO to ignore that crucial information.

Yep. You got it. this information is hidden by MSM and indoctrination isn't done only by the information they spoon feed the lemmings. it s done by what the DON'T tell them.
 
I didn't get schooled. The OP was schooling you radical left wingers and predictably and sadly, the TDSers don't realize it.

Not only did you get schooled, you got emotional.

And here we are.
 
Sure there is. A) It's from China. B) To make an exception to tradition on behalf of political correctness would be endorsing nonsense.

It’s nothing to do with PC. Covid-19 is a Coronavirus. That’s it, that’s what it’s called. Calling it the China Virus is inaccurate, unnecessary and is merely a dog whistle for Trumpists who lap up xenophobic language.
 
OMG! Lookey here. A story I just came across. Call me a sage or a clairvoyant, but remember who told you so:

WHO chief'''s questionable past comes into focus following coronavirus response | Fox News

"Tedros (Head of the WHO) is the second-to-last person who should be heading the world World Health Organization at this time," foreign affairs expert Gordon Chang told Fox News. "The last person is (Chinese President) Xi Jinping.".........The Ethiopian official, who was elected to lead the WHO in 2017, has been accused of cozying up to countries like China that have pledged millions of dollars to the agency.

Read on and apologize to me here.
 
Oh look, another self-appointed proper noun Nazi, declaring yet another factual and customary usage "xenophobic", eh?

Perhaps we missed the talking point banishment on using geographic origin place names as part of a term? Since when did we send the newly sinful "improper" usage of geographic identifiers down the language hole?

I assume you have put common and accepted geographic usages on the list for disposal: the Asian flu, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Brazilian hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, German measles, Japanese encephalitis, Lyme disease, Marburg virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), Pontiac fever, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Spanish flu, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever, and West Nile virus.

But one wonders, how is it that the watchful eye of the PC language police missed these terms...well, at least till now?

Gosh darn it, this sudden new concern couldn't be because the TDS afflicted would rather defend Chinese Communists from even the most indirect reputational harm than allow Trump to use a previously conventional use of the common language?

Frankly, your complaint is pin-headed dumb. We are not speaking of using a racial or ethnic slur, we are speaking of those nitwits who think it is their "duty" to immunize communist China's "good name" from the customary naming conventions that everyone else of every nation uses.

Calling CV-19 the "China flu", the "Chinese Coronavirus", or the "Wuhan virus" does not fuel xenophobia, anymore than the Spanish flu fuels xenophobia against Spanairds. And when you hector ordinary americans of any race or ethnicity, for ordinary usage you arn't going to decrease xenophobia - your going to get backlash and rejection of any of your concerns (including the legitimate ones).

Something the language police have been particularly good at doing.
 
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Since you're so eager to point the finger at China instead of helping to solve the problem, and since you're so obsessed with naming a disease after its country of origin, where does evidence suggest that the "Spanish flu" originated from?

China
 
Now that the United States, under the leadership of President Donald Trump, is # 1 in the world in the number of people testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, we might reasonably claim the naming rights. Perhaps, patriotically, we could call it the American virus.
 
Oh look, another self-appointed proper noun Nazi, declaring yet another factual and customary usage "xenophobic", eh?

Perhaps we missed the talking point banishment on using geographic origin place names as part of a term? Since when did we send the newly sinful "improper" usage of geographic identifiers down the language hole?

I assume you have put common and accepted geographic usages on the list for disposal: the Asian flu, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Brazilian hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, German measles, Japanese encephalitis, Lyme disease, Marburg virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), Pontiac fever, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Spanish flu, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever, and West Nile virus.

But one wonders, how is it that the watchful eye of the PC language police missed these terms...well, at least till now?

Gosh darn it, this sudden new concern couldn't be because the TDS afflicted would rather defend Chinese Communists from even the most indirect reputational harm than allow Trump to use a previously conventional use of the common language?

Frankly, your complaint is pin-headed dumb. We are not speaking of using a racial or ethnic slur, we are speaking of those nitwits who think it is their "duty" to immunize communist China's "good name" from the customary naming conventions that everyone else of every nation uses.

Calling CV-19 the "China flu", the "Chinese Coronavirus", or the "Wuhan virus" does not fuel xenophobia, anymore than the Spanish flu fuels xenophobia against Spanairds. And when you hector ordinary americans of any race or ethnicity, for ordinary usage you arn't going to decrease xenophobia - your going to get backlash and rejection of any of your concerns (including the legitimate ones).

Something the language police have been particularly good at doing.

The virus already has a name. Trump is not an epidemiologist so he doesn’t get to come up his own name for diseases. The rest of your post is unhinged nonsense. Not worth my time responding and I have literally nothing to do all day. I’m self-isolating from the Trump Plague which is what I, a Person with no medical or scientific knowledge just like the president, have decided to name it.
 
For weeks now, I have asked the left wingers here to tell me how and why this pandemic was named. For the record, I and many others here think this is way over blown but that is not the subject of this OP. The subject is the CLAIMS, once again, that Donald J. Trump, the greatest president in history, is once again being called "racist" because he called it APPROPRIATELY the CHINA virus, which has been done for 130 years now with only three exceptions which were recent and politically named for reasons which will become apparent. I did everything i could to cajole the posters to find out why this virus was named COVID-19 and WHO named it and gave them big clues by asking "WHO named it" and it went over their collective heads. This is unlike other OPs from the leftists here who slap up a link from a liberal rag of bloggers AS IF what some twentysomething blogger fresh out of college is something to be in awe of.

So that you can't claim that i am using FOX as a source (as if that would be a problem) my link is from an entity that I know you all know and love.....CNN

World Health Organization under scrutiny as it walks China tightrope over coronavirus - CNN

A few excerpts from this article from an entity that is certainly no lover of America or Trump:



Those interested can read the entire article. Suffice to say that WHO is in bed with China because of MONEY. Now, then, let's examine the WHO website and just "who" this guy is that heads this agency. He is the person with the long name listed above who the agency WHO that relies on funding from WHO...........you got it...China!!! He won't name a pandemic with the name of the country it originated from because he doesn't want to "stigmatize" that country!!!!!

So, 130 years of tradition is just tossed out the window by this radical leftist because he doesn't want to upset China, who gives WHO millions of dollars. All of the liberals upset about it being racists boils down to MONEY and liberalism. In this PC world, we can no longer tell the truth because it may hurt some feelings and, of course, possibly lead to less funding from China.

There was a very old radio announcer named Paul Harvey who would start his show called "The rest of the story" by telling the listeners what the ending was that most of the time people had heard (such as this being called COVID-19) and not knowing the details of why that was, and then he would tell the story of why and WHO, as I have here. Now you know that this was named COVID-19 by a liberal WHO director who didn't want to upset China and had to be politically correct and so now you know...........as Paul Harvey would say:


The REST of the story.

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