So long, Asian Flu. Spain, Hong Kong, we hardly knew ya
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As long as he’s wearing a mask, do we care what he’s carrying to our shores?
Biden’s order calls on government agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, to determine whether or not xenophobic references are found in public guidelines or policies and to immediately remove those references, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Biden executive order is expected to “examine whether there are xenophobic references like ‘China virus’ in any existing policies, directives or government websites published by the Trump administration,” CBS News reported.
“During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, inflammatory and xenophobic rhetoric has put Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) persons, families, communities, and businesses at risk,” the order reads. “The Federal Government must recognize that it has played a role in furthering these xenophobic sentiments through the actions of political leaders, including references to the COVID-19 pandemic by the geographic location of its origin. Such statements have stoked unfounded fears and perpetuated stigma about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and have contributed to increasing rates of bullying, harassment, and hate crimes against AAPI persons.”
I’ll admit to considering any foreign-born Chinee to be a spy for the CCP until proven otherwise, but that’s based on the demonstrated record of the CCP infiltrating our universities and manufacturing companies with industrial espionage spies, behavior that it’s engaged in for decades; the development and release of a super-virus is just their latest attempt to destroy the West.
But, Pacific Islanders? Is there anyone out there referring to the China Virus as the Polynesian Plague? The Guam Goo? I don’t think so, but I suppose we can’t be too careful in our quest to root out place-named diseases.
I’m off to Lyme, to discuss ticks.
