Frances Floresca: It is not racist to call it the ‘Chinese virus’

Several weeks ago, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah state Rep. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan, was accused of racism for writing a post which she tweeted on her congressional campaign website. She called for the United States to stop relying on China for essential goods and stated that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic came about because of the Chinese Communist Party.I am Asian-American and a friend of Coleman, and it is important to look at the facts about how the COVID-19 pandemic start