Abstract
The Name of Hate
Highlights
This misconception is dangerous as it can help spread the pathogen by lulling people who feel disassociated from a geographically marked novel human infectious disease (NHID) (GNHID)1 into a false sense of security and reduce their willingness to take the necessary health precautions (Zannettou, Baumgartner, Finkelstein, Goldenberg, Farmer, Donohue, and Goldenberg 2020)
The wisdom of the World Health Organization (WHO) warnings against GNHIDs was proven again in 2019/2020 with the outbreak of a novel form of corona virus that produced a hitherto unknown severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
The nations inside of Asia are the ancestral countries of origin for US resident groups who have reported some of the highest rates of anti-Asian prejudice (Stop Asian or Pacific Islander heritage (AAPI) Hate! Report, 2021)
Summary
Just as many of the world’s top health experts feared, many people who had no direct association with Asia initially imagined themselves to be immune to the impending danger of what some government officials insisted upon calling a foreign virus, a Chinese Virus, a Chinese Corona Virus, or the Wuhan Flu. The use of such names (un)intentionally implied that the outbreak was essentially a “Chinese problem”—one which had nothing to do with them, their loved ones, or their communities.3 Much to the consternation of the international medical establishment, this public misconception was often fostered by political leaders. The nations inside of Asia are the ancestral countries of origin for US resident groups who have reported some of the highest rates of anti-Asian prejudice
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