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by quelltext 2292 days ago
Looking at the URL here. Wasn't the whole point of naming it COVID-19 to not have it relate to / blamed on a geographic location.

Calling it the Wuhan Virus is not great.

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Domain was registered about 11 days before it was named COVID-19, and is also irrelevant to people looking for info about the virus.
I disagree. If viruses are forever associated with the locations in which they first spread, perhaps authorities might be a little sharper in controlling the spread.
You mean like the Spanish Flu? (My comment is sarcastic...)
It reminds of syphilis. Back in the day, syphilis was known as the French disease by the Germans, the Italian disease by the French, the Polish disease by the Russians, the Spanish disease by the Dutch, and the Christian disease by the Turks.
Thanks for focusing on the real issue at hand and keeping justice alive
This site likely started before it was officially named.