As we have said before naming a disease after a geographical area is an affront to all those who live there.
It is an insult and not acceptable.
It is a form of ethnic slur.
We ask all international committees to instead name this disease with descriptive alpha-numerics.
We kind of world do we live in?
International Group Settles on Name for New Coronavirus
by Martin Enserink on 6 May 2013, 1:05 PM
A virus by any other name? Researchers have recommended a new name for a novel coronavirus (above) first found in the Middle East.
New MERS cases. The MERS coronavirus. Or—if things turn really bad—the MERS pandemic. That's how the world may soon be talking about the new virus that surfaced in the Arabian Peninsula last summer and that has been rattling health experts since. In a move that may end more than 7 months of confusion, an international group of scientists and public health officials will soon recommend that the new virus be called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
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It is an insult and not acceptable.
It is a form of ethnic slur.
We ask all international committees to instead name this disease with descriptive alpha-numerics.
We kind of world do we live in?
International Group Settles on Name for New Coronavirus
by Martin Enserink on 6 May 2013, 1:05 PM
A virus by any other name? Researchers have recommended a new name for a novel coronavirus (above) first found in the Middle East.
New MERS cases. The MERS coronavirus. Or—if things turn really bad—the MERS pandemic. That's how the world may soon be talking about the new virus that surfaced in the Arabian Peninsula last summer and that has been rattling health experts since. In a move that may end more than 7 months of confusion, an international group of scientists and public health officials will soon recommend that the new virus be called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
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