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Two Toronto-based politicians are pressing a Chinese-Canadian doctor to remove a sign on his office door â in Chinese â that refers to COVID-19 as the âWuhan pneumonia,â complaining the wording could incite anti-Asian hatred.
The English part of the sign, which explained Dr. Kester Kongâs office protocol during the pandemic, referred only to COVID.
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The incident raises thorny questions about when citing the coronavirusâs origins constitutes a form of racism, and whether it makes any difference if the audience is Asian itself.