Former Shockers Media Mentions & Updates

[Shocker82/85]

LaCrosse, Lyme, St. Louis, Zika, West Nile, Ebola, German, Guines, Rocky Mountain, Wuhan, etc

[insaneykaney]

LaCrosse, Lyme, St. Louis, Zika, West Nile, Ebola, German, Guines, Rocky Mountain, Wuhan, etc

German Measles is now called Rubella. West Nile isn't a place or country, nor is Ebola. Shall I continue discrediting you?

[Shocker82/85]

They were all named for locations on the planet whether cities, mountains or rivers like Ebola.

[wichshock65]

It's called Covid-19. You should consider referring to it as that. Thanks!

[Shockm]

What was the Spanish flu?
Hong Kong flu?

[Shockm]

German Measles is now called Rubella. West Nile isn't a place or country, nor is Ebola. Shall I continue discrediting you?

Are you sophisticated like the Obama’s? Are you from Martha’s Vineyard?

[Wuzee]

They were all named for locations on the planet whether cities, mountains or rivers like Ebola.

The point is, Americans of Asian descent and Asians living legally in this country were getting attacked, verbally abused and viewed with suspicion because of that term. No medical authorities called it "China Flu", as was the case from your examples from less-enlightened times. Don't be a dick and propagate language that puts innocent people in danger. Don't magnify the dickery by getting off on it. This is just basic human decency.

"Mean people suck."
- Jesus Effing Christ

[Shocker82/85]

Is enlightened what you call typing the Lord’s Name in vain? All I did was present examples of originating places being used to name diseases. Enlightened is not the word I would use for doing gain of function work on a virus with the safety protocols of a dentist’s office in Wuhan, China.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

IGTV labeled it SARS-Co-2. But that didn’t grab people’s attention. So they named it after a beer.

I realize now I have been drinking Modelo and not Corona ever since. I agree, we should stop with the discriminatory terms.

[shock]

China Virus

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Jaime played just 4 minutes last night against the Kings and had a rebound and a block and was +8. Hopefully he gets some more playing time.

Mit and the Magic play at 5 PM Central today on ESPN 2.

[ShockRef]

I get the feeling if the tables were turned and it was called the "American virus" "Wichita virus" or something to that end you would take offense to that. If so, then the Golden Rule should apply. If you disagree, then enjoy your ignorance.

Some sheep actually believe the Communist China Propaganda. The same regime that murders their own people on a consistent basis.
Facts are troublesome and hard to refute. If you believe otherwise, then your SN name truly fits.

That is all.

[Shocker1976]

I get the feeling if the tables were turned and it was called the "American virus" "Wichita virus" or something to that end you would take offense to that. If so, then the Golden Rule should apply. If you disagree, then enjoy your ignorance.

Excuse me for being slow to respond but I am puzzled regards your response; what in my post leads you to "get the feeling if the tables were turned" I would take offense to identifying an engineered virus by the location of the research facility that created the strain and subsequently permitted it to escape the facility?

IMO the logic behind supporting such a naming process is not ignorant but affords clarity to the casual reader of the origins of the virus.

[CBB_Fan]

Jaime played just 4 minutes last night against the Kings and had a rebound and a block and was +8. Hopefully he gets some more playing time.

Mit and the Magic play at 5 PM Central today on ESPN 2.

Jaime at least led his team in +/-, which isn't much, but it is something. They looked pretty bad honestly, which might make them more willing to open the bench and give him some minutes.

[Ted Lasso's Neighbor]

Jaime played just 4 minutes last night against the Kings and had a rebound and a block and was +8. Hopefully he gets some more playing time.

Mit and the Magic play at 5 PM Central today on ESPN 2.

Maybe Midtgaard will get some playing time today or tomorrow. According to this article - https://gculopes.com/news/2021/7/30/...er-league.aspx - he was in Wichita on Saturday getting married. Maybe he missed practice over the weekend which affected his playing status on Monday.