Every time a global pandemic hits the world, a cultural pandemic is bound to follow. In his tweet dating back to March 17, 2020, US President Donald Trump called Coronavirus as the ‘Chinese Virus’. Senator Tom Cotton, while announcing a temporary closure of his office in DC, cited the ‘Wuhan Virus’ as the main reason for shutting down his office. This came just days after Centres For Disease Control and Prevention announced that it is inappropriate and absolutely wrong to dub the global pandemic with any cultural or racial connotation. Read more