Editorial: Giving the Right Name to the Virus Causing a Worldwide Pandemic

Editorial: Giving the Right Name to the Virus Causing a Worldwide Pandemic
A Chinese boy hugs a relative as she leaves to board a train at Beijing Railway station in Beijing, China, on Jan. 21, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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There has been controversy recently about what to call the virus that has unleashed a worldwide pandemic. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) prefers “novel coronavirus.” Others have referred to it as the “Wuhan virus,” after its place of origin, as is common in naming diseases.

The Epoch Times suggests a more accurate name is the “CCP virus,” and calls upon others to join us in adopting this name.