From Campus Reform:
Dem senators support resolution calling 'Chinese Virus' racist
A former Democratic presidential candidate has introduced a resolution condemning the phrase "Chinese Virus" as racist.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) ran unsuccessfully for president and has since endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Harris introduced Wednesday in the U.S. Senate a resolution, which states, "whereas the use of anti-Asian terminology and rhetoric related to COVID–19, such as the ‘'Chinese Virus,' 'Wuhan Virus,' and ‘'Kung-flu,' have perpetuated anti-Asian stigma."
And:
Two dozen other Democratic senators supported the resolution, including Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Sen. Diane Feinstein (Calif.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), and Sen. Corey Booker (N.J.).
Citing how "the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognize that naming COVID–19 by its geographic location or linking COVID–19 to a specific ethnicity perpetuates stigma," the resolution "calls on federal law enforcement officials, workingf with State and local officials—to expeditiously investigate and document all credible reports of hate crimes, incidents, and threats against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the United States."
The resolution further "condemns all manifestations or expressions of racism, xenophobia, discrimination, anti-Asian sentiment, scapegoating, and ethnic or religious intolerance."
And of course, naming a disease after its locus of origin (or a person) has never ever happened before.
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