ACSH, among others, has been criticized as “racist” for using the “Wuhan virus” early in the pandemic, before COVID-19 became the universal descriptor. We were using a description based on location, like Lyme Disease, from Lyme, Connecticut, not a racial description.
Ozy, a reputable on-line creator and aggregator shares this in a post, Butterfly Effect: who’s more racist?
“Posted on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Facebook earlier this month, the cartoon was part of a series titled “An illustrated handbook on how to sort foreign trash.” It exposes a disturbing pattern with consequences that may linger even once the pandemic passes: competitive racism from the world’s two biggest powers.”
