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I agree that was in poor taste, but would you say the naming of "Zika virus", "Ebola virus", or "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome" is despicable?

The WHO has issued guidance in 2015 to avoid naming issues such as you described from continuing to occur.

In the OP's case it was done for deflection of blame rather than trying to track where the mutations are first noted.

You might have noticed there's some stuff in the news about hate crimes against asians -- there's a direct correlation there.

You may have also noticed that one of the most active stories on HN right now is 'How U.S. media lost the trust of the public'.

You do realize the rise in attacks on Asian Americans are not simply anecdotes from the media but shows up in the statistics and police reports?