'Beyond parody': New York Times suggests a new name for the coronavirus

FFS.

This op-ed by the NYT’s Gail Collins suggests we rename the coronavirus after President Trump:

LMAO. beyond parody pic.twitter.com/rlstCs2wcw

— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) February 27, 2020

How will President Trump ever recover for this dig?

Trump will never recover from this pic.twitter.com/5IZwvsEcWj

— Siraj Hashmi ? (@SirajAHashmi) February 27, 2020

What’s weird is that nowhere in the piece does she actually suggest calling it “Trumpvirus,” we suggests to us some headline writer at the NYT thought this would be a great idea:

Our media is broken – perhaps irreparably so. https://t.co/dvdsdvX2YM pic.twitter.com/XGNmvBJVmf

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) February 27, 2020

So, so broken:

“We’re dealing with some very sick & deranged people.” pic.twitter.com/t6cUJrNyzp

— Amanda House (@AmandaLeeHouse) February 27, 2020

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