20 Mar

The politicization of the terms "Wuhan Virus" or "Chinese Virus," used to pin blame for the outbreak on China, didn't start with Trump. It didn't even start with Fox News.



A thread.

One thing the right-wing defenders of Trump actually are correct about: In the early days of the epidemic, the media that is now criticizing Trump did use "Wuhan Virus," "Chinese Virus" and similar terms.

This shouldn't be surprising.



No matter what the cryptofascists say, the US press has never missed a chance to blame China for something, and in the weeks before the virus had an official name using "Wuhan" or "China" was an easy way to do it.