Donald Trump Jr.’s Comments About the COVID-19 Omicron Variant Raises Eyebrows

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Donald Trump Jr.’s latest social media target. is the World Health Organization. Don Jr. pinched. the WHO in naming the latest variant of the coronavirus “Omicron,” instead of “Xi.” Business Insider reported that after the health organization’s announcement on November 26, conspiracy theorists began to think that the WHO skipped the Greek letter Xi, so as not to anger Chinese President Xi Jinping. Don Jr. started. mocking the WHO by tweeting, “In my concern the original will always be a variant of Xi.” GOP Senator Ted Cruz slammed Don Jr., who tweeted, “If the WHO is afraid of the Chinese Communist Party, how can they be trusted to call them the next time they attempt to cover up a catastrophic global pandemic?”

The World Health Organization uses the Greek letters of the alphabet to name coronavirus variants, but some right-wing individuals jumped at the fact that Xi was skipped. Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy said the WHO did not use Xi to name the new variant because it is a common surname in China. Dunleavy tweeted, “Xi is not used b/c it is a common surname and WHO best practice for naming the disease suggests avoiding inflicting guilt on any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, and ethnic groups. “

But facts can be bad things when trolling on social media. Business Insider reported that the common right-wing talking point blamed China for the COVID-19 pandemic, and former President Donald Trump called it the “China virus” and “If Flu”.

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