Another Video Of Asian Man Consuming Plate Of Worms Is Being Wrongly Linked To Coronavirus
The latest global outbreak has vilified all Asian people especially triggering a spate of anti-Chinese sentiments. In India some people are so scared of the virus that many are avoiding buying any product that has a Made In China tag on eat.
Ever since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, fear and disgust about the ways 'Asian' people eat, has been the biggest racist tropes on the Internet.
It first started with a video of a woman eating a bowl of 'Bat Soup' - many wrongly linked the video to the way the virus actually started spreading among people.
The video was actually that of a local internet celebrity, Wang Mengyun, hosting an online travel show, but her video of eating the soup was wrongly linked to the outbreak, after speculations of bats having caused the disease was considered a possibility.
Now again, another old video from 2018 has triggered the same pattern of 'disgust' among people. The video this time shows a man consuming a pate of Vietnamese delicacy called Coconut worms, which is actually yellow Larva.
Would you ever eat something that's still moving on the plate? pic.twitter.com/kBdetGBYjx
¡ª The Sun (@TheSun) February 21, 2020
In the video, a man wearing a white t-shirt and holding chopsticks in his hands picks up the moving worms out of the bowl and puts it in his mouth.
The video posted by media outlet The Sun carried the following caption, 'Would you ever eat something that's still moving on the plate?' and it triggered a chain of unwarranted fear-mongering about how the virus was caused by 'dirty eating' habits.
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The latest global outbreak has vilified all Asian people, especially triggering a spate of anti-Chinese sentiments. In India, some people are so scared of the virus that many are avoiding buying any product that has a Made In China tag on eat, Some have even stopped consuming Chinese food.
Most of these fears are misplaced and the consequences of fake information being circulated on various social media platforms. At times like this, it's important to educate those who hold such preconceived notions and make sure they are informed about the right things.
Currently, China has reported 76,936 infections and 2,442 deaths. According to available data, the disease remains mild in 80 percent of patients and severe or critical in 20 percent. The virus has been fatal in 2 percent of reported cases.
