“I know one or two friends directly from Wuhan, and they pay a lot of attention to the situation right now because it’s pretty serious back in Wuhan and the city is entirely sealed in a way. They are concerned.”

“Chinese people are not the virus, so don’t put the stereotype to each Chinese individual.”

“I have several friends that came from Wuhan and they might have been to Wuhan before. People are spreading rumors about them. They’re not really sick but people are saying that ‘she was sick, she got the virus, stay away from them,’ so that’s not really good. Although there are some racially insensitive comments that are made in the GW community, overall I think the GW community is pretty inclusive. I don’t know people being racist about the Asian community. I understand them a little bit because the fears about talking and interacting with people from the Asian community. It’s mainly due to misinformation and a lack of understanding of the coronavirus.”