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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wow.

LA Times recently published a story about coronavirus... and xenophobia.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-03/coronavirus-outbreak-narrative-xenophobia?fbclid=IwAR2Kf4xrWTZeMTFoFuCFcDJu4GbwFd5qnkryfzh8u-virrKzQUZUo2kkNUU[/quote]

[b]OP here.

I can't read the link, as I don't subscribe to the LAT - but I am cognizant enough to know that my intentions are not based in xenophobia.[/b] I am not interested in avoiding this event, Chinatown or Chinese people because they are [i]Chinese[/i]. I am interested in avoiding the situation because there is a likelihood (albeit small) that there is a connection in this location and I am conscious of putting my child, and over a hundred other children, in the path of something they otherwise might not be exposed to. I would think that our, and other, schools would be rethinking their participation. It's one year.

I consider that smart and preventative, not xenophobic. In my mind, it would be the same if there was an outbreak of something in, say, Seattle, and I was vetting the idea of sending my kid on a trip there. 
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Exactly.  But you know - it’s a great opportunity to throw the racism card around![/quote]

1. You don’t need a subscription to read the article. If you’ve already read the free limit, just open the link in a different browser.

2. OP, you should really read the column. Your response is ironic given what the writer talks about, and truly made me laugh out loud.

3. Your kid had a better chance of catching (and dying from) the regular old flu virus than Corona virus.

4. There are literally hundreds of videos on YouTube with expats living in China right now who are talking about the misinformation being spread in the US media right now.

5. Most workers in Chinese restaurants in the DMV don’t travel back and forth to China, just because they are Chinese.

6. I’m rolling my eyes at most of your comments... I’m sure some of you have livers that look like Swiss cheese from the amount of alcohol you drink... but oh fear the coronavirus!

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