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Re:Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December? by whatshisface on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:14PM (#22606413)
I'm not sure about "Chinese Virus" but including Wuhan, the place of origin, in the systematic name is standard practice for naming viral strains.
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Re:Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December? by martinpw on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:53PM (#22606974)
That is no longer the case as of 2015. Place names are no longer used because of the stigmatization issues:

https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2015/naming-new-d...

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Re:Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December? by ceejayoz on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:23PM (#22606544)
The WHO named it COVID-19 specifically to change that fact, as it leads to things like Asian-Americans being beat up despite having nothing to do with the virus.
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Re:Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December? by 2a0c40 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:46PM (#22608579)
COVID-19 is the disease. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus.
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Re:Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December? by ceejayoz on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:53PM (#22608703)
COVID-19 is the term media, the CDC, etc. are using to discuss it. Being pedantic about it doesn't impress anyone.

For example, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html says "Coronavirus (COVID-19)". So does https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2....

The point: WHO has moved away from geolocated names. https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-has-a-name-the-deadl...

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Re:Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December? by wollstonecraft on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:50PM (#22606929)
cf Marburgvirus
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