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post 1662892473 06-15-2022, 08:28 AM
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Monkeypox offensive...WHO considers renaming it

source:https://nypost.com/2022/06/14/who-re...-stigmatizing/

WHO to rename monkeypox after scientists complain label ‘stigmatizing’

The World Health Organization will rename the increasingly spreading monkeypox virus after a group of scientists claimed the name could be “stigmatizing.”

“WHO is also working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced at a press briefing Tuesday.

“We will make announcements about the new names as soon as possible.”

Dropping the monkeypox label follows a letter from a group of 30 international scientists that wrote last week the “urgent need” to switch the name.

“Given the increasingly rapid communication of, and attention to, the international human MPXV outbreak, it is important to consider an appropriate, non-discriminatory, and non-stigmatizing nomenclature and classification of MPXV clades,” part of the letter states.

“In the context of the current global outbreak, continued reference to, and nomenclature of this virus being African is not only inaccurate but is also discriminatory and stigmatizing. The most obvious manifestation of this is the use of photos of African patients to depict the pox lesions in mainstream media in the global north. Recently, Foreign Press Association, Africa issued a statement urging the global media to stop using images of African people to highlight the outbreak in Europe.”

The scientists propose “a novel classification of MPXV that is non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing and aligned with best practices in naming of infectious diseases in a way that minimizes unnecessary negative impacts on nations, geographic regions, economies and people and that considers the evolution and spread of the virus.”



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post 1662892613 06-15-2022, 08:31 AM
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The WHO is offensive.
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post 1662892953 06-15-2022, 08:38 AM
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post 1662893793 06-15-2022, 08:49 AM
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I'm guessing the real reason is that "monkeypox" doesn't sound very scary.

They'll change the name to something more ominous so they can terrify people, same as they did with Covid, which used to be called the Flu.
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post 1662893913 06-15-2022, 08:51 AM
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fuk I was offended by it as well. Glad they got my 1700 letters I sent them.
post 1662894013 06-15-2022, 08:52 AM
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post 1662894123 06-15-2022, 08:54 AM
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I vote for Anus Pounding Pox
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post 1662894253 06-15-2022, 08:55 AM
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Are the monkeys offended or is it a certain type of people...?
Originally Posted By Procta⏩
I vote for Anus Pounding Pox
I hear that was the original name for AIDS before they changed it.
post 1662894323 06-15-2022, 08:56 AM
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How about 'the gay plague.'
post 1662894393 06-15-2022, 08:57 AM
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post 1662894443 06-15-2022, 08:58 AM
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WHO should explain why it’s offensive without sounding offensive. Everyone should know why it’s offensive without even thinking about it.
post 1662894483 06-15-2022, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34⏩
WHO should explain why it’s offensive without sounding offensive. Everyone should know why it’s offensive without even thinking about it.
Exactly. But everyone knows why and they won’t say it.
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post 1662895183 06-15-2022, 09:09 AM
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post 1662895423 06-15-2022, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted By EnochsProphecy⏩
why would they even bother renaming it with only 2k cases? Do THEY expect it to spread?

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post 1662897223 06-15-2022, 09:42 AM
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WHO should explain why it is offensive. Offensive to monkeys?
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