Originally Posted by
Bagwan
I was writing about a guy with orange hair when I said "some folks" .
He's using the Chinese as a scapegoat .
I don't remember Africans being blamed for Ebola .
Middle Eastern is not country specific , and the Spanish flu was from a different era entirely , so neither are examples that are applicable here .
"Co" , for corona , and V , for virus is the descriptive , and "19" refers to the year found .
Specific place names are being used for specific strains only .
By the way , I read that article that you posted and was also confused because it seemed to prove donKey's point , not yours .