Most Voting in Online Survey Say ‘CCP Virus’ Is Right Name for Coronavirus

The entrance to Rep. Paul Gosar's (R-Ariz.) closed office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 9, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

More than 52 percent of the respondents to Rep. Paul Gosar’s Twitter poll of what to call the novel coronavirus voted in favor of “CCP Virus,” the nomenclature adopted several weeks ago by The Epoch Times.

“Let’s settle this, what is the best name for this virus?” the Arizona Republican asked in a March 30 tweet. The four options he gave respondents included “Wuhan Virus,” “CCP Virus,” “China Virus,” and “SARS COVID-19 Red Death.”