Merkel

Gone down the Trump route with some casual racism.....

https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...ny-lockdown-coronavirus-covid19-british-virus

Equally as bad as Trump calling it the China Virus.

 

Not really, just a description of the British variant in exactly the same way our news has described the South African variant.

But we’ll not let the facts get in the way of a good story.

 

So no different to when Trump called it a China virus and got called racist apart from peoppe hate Trump and some like Merkel.

 

Well I’d say it was different; you can think whatever you like.

 

She got it totally wrong...it's the London virus

 

She’s just telling it like it is. ‘British strain’ would have been more appropriate, but you’re reading the daily express, whose agenda has just sucked you in, whole.
Trump used it as a stick to beat China. If you can’t see that far, there’s not much I can do to help.

 

The Tory Virus.

 

The southern virus

 

The difference is trump was deliberately saying it like that. Chi-na

Merkel isn't English, English isn't her first language. From the article you posted there is nothing at all to suggest that she meant anything other than British strain.

 

A few key differences really.

- Trump not only referred to it as the China virus but also, mockingly, "Kung Flu" on a number of occasions.
- He has insinuated that China had been intentionally responsible for the pandemic more than once.
- He was obviously using that anger to fuel his populist agenda.
- Trump has been overtly critical of China throughout his time as president, in particular during their trade war with each other, and would benefit from any economic detriment they might suffer.

Regardless of whether Merkel spoke out of turn (not particularly sure she did) we can't pretend that Trump's comments about China throughout this crisis haven't been problematic. Worlds apart really.

 

Merkel was in a conference call with her German colleagues. This could just as easily be a translation gone wild.

 

I am in agreement, Merkel has her faults...but casual racism or nationalism isn't among them.

 

The irony of all this is that it's only called the 'uk strain' because British scientists were smart enough to discover it first,when in all probability it was already present in many countries around the world

 

I think she has a look of this bloke:

 

I suspect the same could be said for the “South African” strain. or is it just coincidence that these strains originated in the two countries best equipped to recognise them*?
Another possibility is that there are many more strains popping up around the world in countries where they just haven’t got the brains to find them.

* by best countries I mean best in the western world

 

If she called it a 'British virus' then she's a fool for doing so. From past knowledge of Merkel I can't see it though. No way is she on a par with orange man. I suspect the Express has elaborated so we can get angry at Johnny foreigner again

 

I think she get's bad press because she's a woman and she's powerful.

 

Donald Trump dunt like powerful women at all does he?

 

I wonder what he thinks of Nicola Sturgeon?

 

I very much doubt Nicola will care