Bill Maher has stirred the social media pot with a simple question: “Why should China get a pass?”
Maher posed that question Friday to point out the hypocrisy of ignoring the Wuhan, China wet market origin of the coronavirus when so many diseases are named after places.
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“There are people who would rather die from the virus than call it by the wrong name,” Maher said, reeling off a list of diseases that were named after spots, including Mers Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and the Spanish flu.
“It’s not racist to point out...
Maher posed that question Friday to point out the hypocrisy of ignoring the Wuhan, China wet market origin of the coronavirus when so many diseases are named after places.
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“There are people who would rather die from the virus than call it by the wrong name,” Maher said, reeling off a list of diseases that were named after spots, including Mers Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and the Spanish flu.
“It’s not racist to point out...
- 4/11/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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