Awkwafina is speaking out against the negative “rhetoric” and “cruelty” amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. On Tuesday, the Crazy Rich Asians actress, 31, updated…
The World Health Organization named the mysterious new respiratory diseaseor coronavirus disease 2019, on Feb. 11 — and in 2015, the organization clarified that disease names should not focus on geographic locations.
However, Trump had continued to use the term “Chinese virus” on Twitter and during press briefings, despite widespread backlash and the reluctance of some of his own aides to use similar language.in various countries in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus, underlining the risk of attaching a virus or disease to a particular country or ethnicity.
At a coronavirus briefing on March 18, Trump defended his choices after a reporter asked him if he was concerned about the harm it may bring to Asian Americans. “It’s not racist at all. No. Not at all,” Trump said. “It comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate.” “I have great love for all of the people from our country,” Trump continued. “But, as you know, China tried to say at one point — maybe they stopped now — that it was caused by American soldiers. That can’t happen. It’s not going to happen, not as long as I’m president. It comes from China.”
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