“Because ‘monkey’ is racist...this sh*t never stops”
As a side note Siddhartha Gautama’s (Buddha) commentary on crazed humans was captured by two words “monkey brained.”
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/