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Calling the coronavirus the 'Chinese virus' matters – research connects the label with racist bias

By Brad Bushman, Professor of Communication and Rinehart Chair of Mass Communication, The Ohio State University

Social scientists find that using geography-related names or racialized framing around the coronavirus in even one news story can trigger racist stereotypes and biases.

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