Pando, Miss Rona and Covid Toe: how the language of a disease develops – shaped by fear and prejudice
Coronavirus outbreak
Pando, Miss Rona and Covid Toe: how the language of a disease develops – shaped by fear and prejudice
Deadly outbreaks always lead to a new vocabulary, as people search for ways to understand a growing threat. And while some of the new words are merely descriptive, others have ugly underpinnings More