Calling coronavirus ‘Chinese’ isn’t xenophobic; it helps us understand what happened

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Quick question: How do Democrats and liberals in the media square their criticism that the administration slow-walked its response to the spread of the coronavirus with their constant carping about how what we call the virus is literally “hurting” people?

Is this an urgent health crisis we need to address right now with every available resource, or do we need also to spend time pondering the ramifications of referring to a deadly, highly contagious virus by a name that offends a grand total of three people?

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