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."
Remember, the k in monkeypox is silent, and pox is short for pockets. Of Big Pharma.
Well that’s a big relief.
‘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...
When not seeking world domination and mass murder, they worry about offending somebody, somewhere.
Another full diaper load from the irrepressibly corrupt.
Like when Kentucky Fried Chicken changed their name to KFC. The chicken was still fried.
The truth has been made to wear an A.
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
The WHO got a sternly worded letter from the aliens of the Planet of the Apes....
That is where all this is coming from....
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....
How about calling it HOMOPOX?
That’ll make some liberal heads pop!!
George Stephanopoulos has complained about being referred to as Georgie, Little Monkey Boy and George of the Jungle...
There ya go!!!!!!
That’s what it should be called....
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.
I guess “Gpox” or “Hpox” are out.
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