By calling the "China Virus" or "Chinese Virus" you are not telling people where it came from, you are creating an engrained subconscious link between China and Chinese people, and this pandemic. Not the government, not the irresponsible market animal vendors; Chinese people.

If you want to go out there and say, hey this virus originated in China and their government is complicit in the worldwide spread by not regulating these markets and suppressing free speech, I'm here for it. Totally agree. But "Chinese Virus" does not accomplish that goal whatsoever.

There is a lot of power in a name, and insisting on associating this virus with China in general *will* result in irresponsible actions against people from China who did nothing wrong.