Ivanka Trump Photographed in White House Briefing Room Stirs Social Media
Ivanka Trump is back at work in the White House after testing negative for the novel coronavirus. [...]
Many people were wondering about why Ivanka was attending the press briefing, perhaps unaware that she serves in her father's administration as a senior adviser.
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Others wondered why she no longer was self-isolating, unaware of the report that she tested negative for COVID-19.
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Some people took a jab at Ivanka's tweet that made headlines earlier this week after she suggested making a "fort" with bored children amid self-quarantine.
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Others expressed disdain at hearing Trump refer to the coronavirus as the Chinese Virus, something health officials have warned against doing.
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Despite widespread condemnation of the term as racist and xenophobic, Trump continues to use it. The Director of The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield said during his House testimony Tuesday morning that it was "absolutely wrong and inappropriate" to call the coronavirus the "Chinese coronavirus," noting when asked that the virus is also widespread in South Korea, Iran and Italy.
Mike Ryan, head of the WHO's health emergency programs, had a similar sentiment when speaking to a reporter from the South China Morning Post at a WHO press conference on Wednesday.
"I think we've been very clear right since the beginning of this event that viruses know no borders and they don't care [about] your ethnicity, the color of your skin, how much money you have in the bank," Ryan said.
"It's really important that we are careful in the language we use lest it lead to profiling of individuals associated with the virus," he said. "This is just something we need to all avoid. It's easy in situations to summarize or to make comments that are not intended to do that but ultimately end up having that outcome. I'm sure anyone would regret profiling a virus along ethnic lines. That's not something anybody would want."
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