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Choose anything from the entire range between A and B .
Oh, and it's the Wuhan Virus. That's the scientific name.
Oh, and it's the Wuhan Virus. That's the scientific name.
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How was 'MERS' named again? I can't remember...
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MERS was identified in 2012. Naming practices changed in 2015. Now sit the fuck down.
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/no ... seases/en/
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So, there's no chance of a disease being named the Canadian CuntPox, I suppose...BarnettNewman wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 3:05 amMERS was identified in 2012. Naming practices changed in 2015.

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Your source there...BarnettNewman wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 3:05 amMERS was identified in 2012. Naming practices changed in 2015. Now sit the fuck down.
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/no ... seases/en/
Is that the same 'W.H.O.' that recently embarassed themselves publicly, by not being able to discuss Taiwan's response to covid?
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OMG! You're right!! The WHO has to make political accommodations with... every nation on Earth!!! The Bastards!!!! 

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Yup, and they knuckle under every single time.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:15 amOMG! You're right!! The WHO has to make political accommodations with... every nation on Earth!!! The Bastards!!!!![]()
It's like trying to be friends with a coward. How can you trust a coward?
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What would prefer? An autocratic overwatch with supreme powers?Cunt wrote:Yup, and they knuckle under every single time.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:15 amOMG! You're right!! The WHO has to make political accommodations with... every nation on Earth!!! The Bastards!!!!![]()
It's like trying to be friends with a coward. How can you trust a coward?
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There is no embarrassment involved in not recognising Taiwan as a sovereign country when only 21 out of the planet's sovereign countries recognise it as such. Here is a list of the one's that do:Cunt wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:00 amYour source there...BarnettNewman wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 3:05 amMERS was identified in 2012. Naming practices changed in 2015. Now sit the fuck down.
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/no ... seases/en/
Is that the same 'W.H.O.' that recently embarassed themselves publicly, by not being able to discuss Taiwan's response to covid?
Kiribati (2003)
Marshall Islands (1998)
Nauru (2005)
Palau (1999)
Solomon Islands (1983)
Tuvalu (1979)
Burkina Faso (1994)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1997)
Swaziland (1968)
Belize (1989)
El Salvador (1961)
Guatemala (1933)
Honduras (1941)
Nicaragua (1990)
Panama (1909)
Dominican Republic (1957)
Haiti (1956)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983)
Saint Lucia (2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1981)
Paraguay (1957)
Note the absence of the USA, Canada and every European nation. You'd think three years would be long enough for Donald Trump to cease being a coward.Cunt wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:20 amYup, and they knuckle under every single time.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:15 amOMG! You're right!! The WHO has to make political accommodations with... every nation on Earth!!! The Bastards!!!!![]()
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Do you want to acknowledge your MERS comment is a load of shit?Cunt wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:00 amYour source there...BarnettNewman wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 3:05 amMERS was identified in 2012. Naming practices changed in 2015. Now sit the fuck down.
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/no ... seases/en/
Is that the same 'W.H.O.' that recently embarassed themselves publicly, by not being able to discuss Taiwan's response to covid?
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Yes, but every other one of those nations is NOT trying to say they are some sort of global authority on the virus which was lied about by China and some others who worked for them.
And others who just like repeating their propaganda.
The WHO knuckles under for ANYONE. In this particular case, they are a lot less trustworthy around the subject of CCP propaganda than most other organizations.
But yeah, repeat that 'racist racist racist' trope. It's probably meaningless noise, not CCP propaganda...
I would if it was.BarnettNewman wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 1:26 pmDo you want to acknowledge your MERS comment is a load of shit?Cunt wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:00 amYour source there...BarnettNewman wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 3:05 amMERS was identified in 2012. Naming practices changed in 2015. Now sit the fuck down.
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/no ... seases/en/
Is that the same 'W.H.O.' that recently embarassed themselves publicly, by not being able to discuss Taiwan's response to covid?
You think that just because the CCP asked the WHO to change their naming convention, I should expect the whole world to fall into line in a few years?
You are a funny guy, but maybe you should sit down.
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Troll post is trolly.
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Well, well, well. The shit about the 'W.H.O.' allegedly being a coward like Trump and having allegedly embarassed themselves publicly, by not being able to discuss Taiwan's response to covid did not stick, so you go for the switcheroo. Nice try, Daggles, but that doesn't work either, because nobody knows more about anything than the stable genius.Cunt wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 2:42 pmYes, but every other one of those nations is NOT trying to say they are some sort of global authority on the virus which was lied about by China and some others who worked for them.
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Your depth is only exceeded by your charm.
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