Trump Calls Coronavirus a ‘Foreign Virus’

President Trump referred to the novel coronavirus as a “foreign virus” in his Oval Office address on Wednesday night, CNN reports.

“The characterization of the global pandemic as a foreign virus aligns with how some Trump allies have described the coronavirus in recent days, which critics have called xenophobic.”

Laura McGann: “The pandemic, of course, isn’t a spy. It’s not an infiltrator. It’s a health crisis that’s been long predicted. The way we’ll fight it is through mechanisms like social distancing, a technique that requires clear, direct information so everyone knows it’s important to participate and how to do so. It’s a shared responsibility. We are in this together.”