During the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, the names of over 300,000 infected individuals vanished. Labels such as “Xiao Yang Ren” (“Little Positive Person”), “Shanghai Xiao Yang Ren,” and even the sheep emoji 🐑 became standardized identifiers for them. These terms brought with them issues of stigmatization and discrimination. Online, “Xiao Yang Ren” took on extended meanings—within internet discussions, they came to represent people who were seen as intentionally spreading the virus, becoming a perceived enemy of society, subjected to insults and curses. A quick search for “Xiao Yang Ren” or “Shanghai Xiao Yang Ren” on Weibo reveals a flood of derogatory and defamatory comments targeting positive patients. Restoring people’s names—rather than reducing them to a stigmatizing label—may be the foundation for returning to a normal life.