My wife is part of a Mom's group based in the bay area. One of the mom's in that group (who happens to be Taiwanese), wrote a post about how she was a victim of statements along the lines of a) "It is funny you want to practice social distance when it is you folks who brought the virus here" b) "How dare you show your face here during this time..."

And this was by the folks working at the checkout counter (with passive support from other shoppers there). IMHO calling it Chinese / Wuhan virus opens the gate to these kind of hate crimes to become common place.

My wife, who is Asian, is terrified to go shopping.