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WHO renames monkeypox as mpox
Axios ^ | November 28, 2022 | Ivana Saric

Posted on 11/28/2022 8:56:18 AM PST by Red Badger

The World Health Organization announced on Monday that it is renaming monkeypox as mpox due to concerns that the original name could be perceived as racist or stigmatizing.

Driving the news: Both the monkeypox and mpox names will be used by WHO over the next year as the term "monkeypox" is gradually phased out, WHO said in a press release.

"When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing language online, in other settings and in some communities was observed and reported to WHO," the press release stated. WHO began consulting with experts about potentially renaming the disease back in August, per AP. The big picture: While Monkeypox cases are more often found in Central and Western African countries, a monkeypox outbreak occurred in Europe and the U.S. in May this year.

The WHO declared monkeypox a global emergency in July, after the disease was detected in more than 70 countries. Last month WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said monkeypox had seen "a promising decline globally. The number of reported cases has dropped for eight straight weeks. This is very encouraging."


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To: Red Badger

Remember, the k in monkeypox is silent, and pox is short for pockets. Of Big Pharma.


21 posted on 11/28/2022 9:16:05 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Red Badger

Well that’s a big relief.


22 posted on 11/28/2022 9:18:08 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

‘Anybody ask any black people if they thought they were monkeys?’

good old Howard Cosell didn’t have to ask; he just said it out loud, on national tv...

“Alvin Garrett; I just love that little monkey...” said Mr. Cosell...


23 posted on 11/28/2022 9:20:11 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: Red Badger

When not seeking world domination and mass murder, they worry about offending somebody, somewhere.


24 posted on 11/28/2022 9:20:23 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Red Badger

Another full diaper load from the irrepressibly corrupt.


25 posted on 11/28/2022 9:20:30 AM PST by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict At Large)
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To: Red Badger

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4112288/posts


26 posted on 11/28/2022 9:22:46 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Red Badger

Like when Kentucky Fried Chicken changed their name to KFC. The chicken was still fried.


27 posted on 11/28/2022 9:25:24 AM PST by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.l)
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To: Red Badger

The truth has been made to wear an A.


28 posted on 11/28/2022 9:26:41 AM PST by Irenic
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To: Red Badger

The fragile emotionally driven children continue to whine and be offended by names, memes and labels. Any word can be a trigger for racism, hate, bigotry and prejudice in these underdeveloped minds of the Zombie snot-spittle generation. A generation of effeminate soy-milk filled idiots. This BS will not end until they die off and are replaced by a new generation of mature rational adults


29 posted on 11/28/2022 9:26:48 AM PST by Bellagio
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To: Old Yeller

30 posted on 11/28/2022 9:27:19 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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31 posted on 11/28/2022 9:27:25 AM PST by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: Red Badger

The WHO got a sternly worded letter from the aliens of the Planet of the Apes....

That is where all this is coming from....


32 posted on 11/28/2022 9:29:17 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Old Yeller

My son was about three years old when he said one day he wanted some “F*cky Fried Chicken”....

We laughed so hard, it brought tears....


33 posted on 11/28/2022 9:32:13 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: JBW1949

Monkey Jungle now to be called m-Jungle.............

https://www.monkeyjungle.com/


34 posted on 11/28/2022 9:35:50 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

How about calling it HOMOPOX?

That’ll make some liberal heads pop!!


35 posted on 11/28/2022 9:42:09 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Red Badger

George Stephanopoulos has complained about being referred to as Georgie, Little Monkey Boy and George of the Jungle...


36 posted on 11/28/2022 9:44:38 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: MeganC

There ya go!!!!!!

That’s what it should be called....


37 posted on 11/28/2022 9:45:52 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Red Badger

They didn’t do this on their own. Some woke activist group pressured them and WHO is responding to avoid controversy, lawsuits, etc. In fact this is how most companies adopted woke policies in the beginning. It accelerated in the age of Twitter.


38 posted on 11/28/2022 9:52:56 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Red Badger
Mmmpox, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du, yeah, yeah
Mmmpox, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du, yeah, yeah


39 posted on 11/28/2022 9:52:58 AM PST by x
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To: Red Badger

I guess “Gpox” or “Hpox” are out.


40 posted on 11/28/2022 9:53:55 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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