Why We Don't Name Diseases After Places Anymore
by Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki from Lifehacker on (#50YZY)
All the legit health and policy organizations out there (the WHO and the CDC among them) are calling the coronavirus disease by its agreed-upon name, COVID-19. But a few folks are stubbornly arguing that we should call it the "Chinese" virus or otherwise peg its name to a location. That's bullshit, and here's why.