05-05-21, 01:45 PM
(05-05-21, 12:05 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: Yes the EU were very quick to condemn Trump when he was calling it the Wuhan virus.But they are now quite happy to call it the Kent variant.
Trump was using the expression "Chinese virus" to stoke up nationalism and xenophobia amongst his supporters.
And calling the *virus* Chinese is not the same as saying that a *variant* has been detected in a certain location.