Posted on: September 29, 2020 03:00 PM

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Queens residents outraged after city still using the racist term

It's ok just change the flier

NYC Health Dept and the mayor's office still use the term, China Virus while promoting coronavirus testing in NYC. Several local politicians were contacted after outrage from civilians when they saw their ethnic language promotion still use China Virus.

Politicians advised new flier and dispose the ones with term outlined. Several residents called the mayor racists but politicians all Democrats stated its a mistake.

This is the response from the city,

The document was created in January based on information known at the time about what was a localized outbreak in Wuhan, China. Please throw away this version and see the updated document here: http://nyc.gov/health/coronavirus