[Ads-l] origin of the term "coronavirus"

[Chris Waigl]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 4:14 PM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> CW: < Since 2015, WHO disease naming guidelines strongly discourage naming
> after
> geographic locations, people's names, animal species etc. >
> Whoop-de-doo. Can't offend the connoisseurs of the Chinese wet markets.
> Might affect our fentanyl shipments.
>

If you prefer siding with the racists, suit yourself. I don't consider the
principles laid out in this document as ridiculous as you appear to.

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