Posted on 11/28/2022 4:57:54 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that monkeypox is to be renamed "mpox" in English.
"Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term 'mpox' as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out," the UN health agency said in a statement.
The monkeypox virus was originally identified in monkeys in 1958, but can infect a number of other animals, and is more frequently found in rodents.
Although global infection numbers have been declining since August, the virus remains a problem in low-income regions.
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They should call it GayPox or FagPox. Something at least related.
Because they are stupid.
Or sodompox
World Health Organization Renaming Establishment
Should be renamed buttmonkey pox.
We wouldn’t want monkeys to be offended...or their distant ancestors.
And that's why it's called "monkeypox". These people are evil idiots.
ROFL!!!
:)
Followed by the burning, looting and blaming the police.
Qpox is easier to pronounce.
The WHO can change the name of the [disease] but they cannot change the name of the [virus].
That’s under the jurisdiction of a totally different organization, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses: ICTV.
ICTV has NOT removed the Monkey part, and they probably WILL NOT.
https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/01/the-campaign-to-rename-monkeypox-gets-complicated/
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