WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

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The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.

To date, there have been more than 80,000 cases identified in dozens of countries that had not previously reported the smallpox-related disease. Until May, monkeypox, a disease that is thought to originate in animals, was not known to trigger large outbreaks beyond central and west Africa.

Outside of Africa, nearly all cases have been in gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men. Scientists believe monkeypox triggered outbreaks in Western countries afterat two raves in Belgium and Spain. Vaccination efforts in rich countries, along with targeted control interventions, have mostly brought the disease under control after it peaked in the summer.

In Africa, the disease mainly affects people in contact with infected animals such as rodents and squirrels. The majority of monkeypox-related deaths have been in Africa, where there have been

 

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This has got to stop, the WHO PR team must have been inundated with complaints…….🤨

Yes those poor monkeys !!!!!!!!

I honestly dont even know what racial group could be taking offence... it's a monkey wtf?

Why would monkeypox be considered discriminatory or racist? Could it be that monkeypox may refer to a disease which originated or is named after black people? I dunno, it's just a thought.

Even the monkeys are amused.

Phague Plague.

Thus re-affirming its so-called 'racist' association.

If they had diverse faces and minds at the consulting table before it became a worldwide concern, they would have eliminated a harmful racial error. BTW Diverse faces does not always = diverse minds. Thinking about the HudsonBayShoeCollection right now.

Most people afected with this disease are lgbtq people, but it’s racist bcs the name? 🤦‍♂️🤪

Oh my god!!! 🤦‍♂️

I didn’t know that monkeys were a new race of humans! Haha

We really are a stupid society!

M is for monkey?

Oh boy, how the woke got woker 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Why would it be discriminatory and racist Red Star?

Monkeys are the most Racist Primates around Imagine eating so many Bananas.

🤣🤣🤣

Yeah ! Terrorists with heart !! The bs !!

Can't insult monkeys!

Now do Spanish Flu when it’s really Americana

No one thought it was racist until we were told it was racist. Leave it to progressives to uphold racism for political gain.

And we contribute tax dollars to pay their salaries?

How the fk is it racist? Only those that think it racist are the racists for making the association in the first place.

Lol. Shows where their minds went, not the public's

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