# Racism and "Wuhan virus" - only because Wuhan is a fairly well known large city?

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**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-wuhan-virus-only-because-wuhan-is-a-fairly-well-known-large-city/849807 "2020-03-19T15:29:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-wuhan-virus-only-because-wuhan-is-a-fairly-well-known-large-city/849807/13 "2020-03-19T17:17:55Z")

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> [@Chingon](#):
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> Well, why do you think the White House and conservative media insists on calling it the Chinese or Wuhan virus even though it has another name that is much more widely established?

This ignores the responsibility of the Chinese government for lying about its origins and spread. It also ignores the fact that this same government lied its way to tens of millions of Chinese deaths during the Great Leap Forward. Maybe we should call it the CCP virus?

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