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by embeng4096 2288 days ago
> insane analogy

Yeah, Godwin's Law strikes again. Not everything is literally Hitler.

> This is an extreme, uncited, and frankly inflammatory extrapolation. There have been only a handful of such attacks -- I believe 5-ish (reported by The New Yorker and CNN).[0]

So nobody is doing this? Or have there been incidents that you yourself have previously acknowledged?

I tried civilly engaging in discourse with you earlier[1]. But now it seems like you're arguing with people just to argue, not to actually discuss these topics.

Also, you can correct people who are mistaken about where it originated without saying "Chinese flu". E.g. "actually, the coronavirus originated in China". I remarked on this to another user who said they just wanted to stick to the facts about its origins.[2]

If you're intent on making sure China is regarded as the source and/or culprit, you can emphasize further by adding something like, "and that's why the majority of cases and deaths from [coronavirus/covid-19] were in China. It started there." And that can be said perfectly fine without "Chinese virus".

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22621821

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22622069

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22622774