{"id":433840,"date":"2021-04-20T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=433840"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:40:34","slug":"biden-signs-memo-banning-federal-use-of-wuhan-virus-to-refer-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-memo-banning-federal-use-of-wuhan-virus-to-refer-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden signs memo banning federal use of \u2018Wuhan virus\u2019 to refer to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-signs-memo-banning-federal-use-of-wuhan-virus-to-refer-to-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=433840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2399815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2399815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 Joe Biden sat in the Oval Office as he signed a series of orders at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED&nbsp; 10:40 AM PT \u2013 Monday, April 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>In the fight against COVID-19, Joe Biden seems to be prioritizing hollow symbolic gestures over policies with a measurable impact on the welfare and health of American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Biden signed a memo banning federal agencies from referring to the coronavirus by terms related to its geographic origin, such as China or Wuhan virus.<\/p>\n<p>While no direct mention of President Trump is made, the memo does specifically blame \u201cthe actions of political leaders\u201d for \u201cfurthering xenophobic sentiments\u201d against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. This is a clear allusion to Biden\u2019s previous attempts to shift focus away from the Trump administration\u2019s achievements in fighting the pandemic towards concerns over political correctness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabelling COVID-19 a foreign virus does not displace accountability for the misjudgments that have been made thus far by the Trump administration. Let me be crystal clear. The coronavirus does not have a political affiliation,\u201d Biden stated. \u201cIt will not discriminate based on national origin, race, gender, or zip code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the sparse number of specific measures dictated by the memo is instructing federal agencies to review the use of these terms in existing policy directives or government publications. This, despite a recent review by CBS News finding \u201cno specific reference to China virus\u201d in any COVID-19 related executive orders issued by President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Critics pointed out the memo seems to be politically motivated, targeting specific terms employed by President Trump without making any mention of hate crimes against other communities, some of which may have been the victim of hatred stoked by Democrat politicians and left-wing activists.<\/p>\n<p>The year following the election marked a watershed moment in evolving American attitudes towards Russians. According to Gallup in 2016, only 39 percent of Americans viewed Russia as a \u201ccritical threat\u201d to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>By 2019, that number had escalated to 52 percent.<\/p>\n<p>This shift was clearly demarcated by political ideology. In 2016, Gallup found no measurable difference between Democrats and Republicans in their attitudes to Russia. Whereas three years later, 46 percent of Democrats reported believing it to be America\u2019s greatest enemy, compared to only 14 percent of Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the move may be a gift to Chinese attempts at redefining international discourse about the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Xi Jinping\u2019s regime has consistently sought to distract attention away from the origins of the virus. Both by the spread of unfounded conspiracy theories claiming it originated outside of China, or even that it was deliberately introduced to Wuhan by the U.S. military, and by directly silencing would-be whistleblowers within the medical profession.<\/p>\n<p>It also blocked the flow of information out of Wuhan during the early stages of the pandemic. This delayed international efforts to combat the outbreak at a crucial time when it could have been contained from spreading across the world, as evidenced by recently surfaced recordings of phone calls by World Health Organization officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have informally and formally been requesting more epidemiological information,\u201d WHO representative to China Dr. Gauden Galea stated. \u201cSpecifically, what was the date of onset of the last case and even that one line of information would have been, already been helpful. But all we are getting in return for that question is, there\u2019s a new update that\u2019s going to come out, they\u2019re working on this. It may be, but then when asked for specifics, we could get nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post, which is owned by the Alibaba Group, this act by Biden is playing right into Beijing\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-admin-unsure-of-consequences-of-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan\/\">Biden Admin. Unsure Of Consequences Of Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPSHOT \u2013 Joe Biden sat in the Oval Office as he signed a series of orders at the White House in Washington, D.C. 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