The 90% comment is clearly an exaggeration. According to the Census Bureau from 2002: The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the population of Queens is 50% white, 28% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 21% black, and 3% mixed race. Having said that, it is accurate to categorize the virus as Asian, and even more specifically, Chinese as it originated in Wuhan, China. Nothing stereotyping about that.