World Health Organization renames 2 known clades of monkeypox virus

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JUST IN: The World Health Organization renames the two known clades, or lineages, of the monkeypox virus.

People line up to receive the monkeypox vaccine at a walk-in clinic at the North Jersey Community Research Initiative in Newark, N.J., Aug. 16, 2022.The World Health Organization renamed the two known clades, or lineages, of the monkeypox virus Monday.

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the lineages will be referred to going forward using Roman numerals. "The clade formerly known as the Congo Basin or Central African clade will now be referred to as clade I, while the West African clade will be called clade II," he said during a news conference.

People line up to receive the monkeypox vaccine at a walk-in clinic at the North Jersey Community Research Initiative in Newark, N.J., Aug. 16, 2022.The WHO has been in talks to rename the virus itself due to concerns about stigmatization. It comes as an outbreak of monkeypox spreads around the world with more than 35,000 cases reported to the global health agency.

 

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Thanks to Biden for his incompetent epidemic prevention policy

'The clade formerly known as the Congo Basin or Central African clade will now be referred to as clade I, while the West African clade will be called clade II” “The WHO has been in talks to rename the virus itself due to concerns about stigmatization.”

Protect and don't stigmatize the gay community at all costs!

Thank god their focus is on how ppl feel about the nomenclature of the virus and not how to actually stop it.

What are clades?

People should start calling them ALPHA POX and BETA POX after this.

ireland top mind was asked .. how about apepox

Themselves with faucis funding.

Start covering all the VaccineInjuries

I nominated 'Degenerate pox'.

The majority of the World Health organization voted NO on declaring Monkeypox an emergency. Tedros went against the majority. The more you know.. $$$$$$$ Big Pharma

Nobody asked

Why, do monkeys now also get offended?

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