Wuhan virus
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See also: Wuhanvirus
Etymology
From Wuhan + virus, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The same name was separately and less prominently used in 1995 for a strain of H3N2 flu.
Noun
- (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes offensive) Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19.
- 2020 January 11, Judy Stone, “Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Shows The Importance Of Sound Science, Sleuthing, And Cooperation”, in Forbes:
- This new “Wuhan virus” outbreak in China, which appears to be due to a novel coronavirus, is another warning to us about the need for more research in infectious diseases, epidemiology and control measures.
- 2020 January 25, “No new cases of Wuhan virus, 64 suspected cases so far: MOH”, in Channel News Asia, archived from the original on 27 January 2020:
- One of the 46, the man's 37-year-old son, is another confirmed case of the Wuhan virus.
- [2021 May 21, “Chinese American group sues Trump for calling COVID ‘China virus’”, in Al Jazeera:
- Former United States President Donald Trump is being sued by a Chinese American civil rights group over his use of the terms “Chinese virus”, “Wuhan virus” and “Kung Flu virus” during the coronavirus pandemic.]
- (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes offensive) Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
- 2020 January 13, World Health Organization, "Diagnostic detection of Wuhan coronavirus 2019 by real-time RT-PCR":
- We designed candidate diagnostic RT-PCR assays before release of the first sequence of the Wuhan virus.
- 2020 January 21, Nature, volume 577, , page 450:
- Stop the Wuhan virus
- 2020 December 4, James McGrath on Sky News:
- The Wuhan virus has shown the world how China behaves.
- 2020 January 13, World Health Organization, "Diagnostic detection of Wuhan coronavirus 2019 by real-time RT-PCR":
- (uncommon) Synonym of A/Wuhan/359/95, a strain of H3N2 influenza.
Usage notes
Particularly in the United States during COVID-19, where the Wuhan virus and similar terms were popularized by President Trump to highlight the origins of the virus.[1]
Related terms
References
- “Trump defends calling coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’”, in Al Jazeera, 2020 March 23, archived from the original on October 14, 2020
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