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Calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus' is wrong and dangerous – the pandemic is global

  • Written by Mari Webel, Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
Calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus' is wrong and dangerous – the pandemic is globalU.S. officials risk public health by equating COVID-19 with places far from home.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to almost every country on Earth. And yet, severalAmerican officials refer to it as the “Wuhan virus” or even the “Chinese virus.”

U.S.-Chinese antagonism in this vein is not new. But,...

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