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Originally Posted by pseudoreality
I'm on a call on SARS-CoV-2 variants right now, working with scientists across Canada tracking the development and prevalence. Even for professionals, it is just easier to say the UK variant than B.1.1.7. There are way too many variants on the go right now to remember all the numbers offhand. We try, and some people are better than others, but the origin does keep getting used for shorthand. However, it is never used to disparage that country.
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Thank you.
This was my thought.
I think it's pretty easy to differentiate between the usage of names, in context. It was pretty obvious how some/most/all were using 'China virus'.