[epanchin]

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.

[nobrains]

You mean like the Spanish Flu? (My comment is sarcastic...)

[scarmig]

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.