In other instances of racial insensitivity, social media users and media outlets have circulated a video of a Chinese woman supposedly eating bat soup in Wuhan, claiming Chinese peoples' practice of eating wildlife or unsanitary dining prompted the outbreak. The diner, vlogger Wang Mengyun, was targeted with hateful comments. However, the video wasn't even taken in Wuhan, but was shot in the Pacific Island nation of Palau, where the dish is a delicacy.
Others have suggested race-based measures to contain the virus. Calling the coronavirus the "Chi-com virus" (in reference to the Chinese Communist government), conservative radio personality
Rush Limbaugh advocated for the U.S. to put a "ban on Chinese passengers being permitted into the country." Similarly, conservative pundit Ann Coulter berated Congress for failing to
ban "travel from China to block the coronavirus that will kill Americans."
