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Racism? Which race they are assuming when they hear this word?
— Zzanekk (@zzanekk3) November 28, 2022
This is important.
It really felt like “monkeypox” was a term that was very racist against the blacks.
Monkeypox has been given a new name by the World Health Organization (WHO), which has announced the disease will now be called “mpox” in a bid to help tackle discrimination and stigma.
The WHO announced its intention to rename the disease in June after concerns were raised that its original name is misleading, stigmatising and discriminatory, with a crowd-sourcing effort to find a new name announced in August.
Now the WHO has revealed that the reference to non-human primates is to be dropped.
“Mpox will become a preferred term, replacing monkeypox, after a transition period of one year,” the UN health agency said in a statement. “This serves to mitigate the concerns raised by experts about confusion caused by a name change in the midst of a global outbreak.”
The WHO added that a key issue in choosing the new name was its usability in different languages, while scientific appropriateness, pronounceability, and absence of geographical or zoological references were among the other considerations.
The virus that causes mpox was first identified in captive monkeys in 1958. However, the natural reservoir of the disease is unknown and it is commonly found in rodents. What’s more, scientists have raised concerns over the way outbreaks are covered by the media, and the naming of different strains of the virus by reference to various parts of Africa.
Seriously though, these people actually said this.
They can’t call it “monkeypox” because, according to them (not me), black people look like monkeys.
Hmmm.
m is short for monkey 🙈
— hey shitdirb (@heyshitbird) November 28, 2022
Are you asking legitimately?
— Czewy (@PantherGryphon) November 28, 2022
Monkey is also a termed used by white racist to refer to black people.
It's the same as when they called covid the "Asian virus" and Asians got a lot of crap over it.
— Czewy (@PantherGryphon) November 28, 2022
