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Geographic bias in virus naming: Lessons from coronavirus show it's better to act early
"China virus," the Chinese virus—at the start of the 2020 pandemic, this epithet was often encountered in the media. The use of geographically based labels to define the disease (COVID-19) and the ...
Approximately 25 global experts in virology will gather to review hundreds of proposals for virus classification and naming. These proposals involve grouping newly discovered viruses based on shared ...
A new study in the Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) highlights the need to avoid geographically-based naming right from the outset of a pandemic “China virus”, the Chinese virus — at the start ...
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