10 March, 2020
Technically inaccurate: Wuhan “Flu” or Koala “Bear” or “Buffalo Nickel”?
Maybe, sure, why not? I’m no microbiologist, so I’m grateful for correction, but “CoViD19®” may indeed be from an entirely different genus than influenzae. So what? It seems to manifest “flu like” symptoms: fever, nausea, congestion, respiratory difficulty, death.
And the marsupial Koala is ursine in no sense other than outer appearance.
And America’s iconic “Buffalo Nickel” is 75% Copper and features a Bison on its reverse side.
Still… so what? Even if inaccurate, like Lime Disease® and West Nile Virus®, they are apt enough.
But racist? No. (Or probably. And sexist, too!)