I see that the PC policy makers have already coined the next verbage to cover this. It’s now EVD (Ebola Virus Disease) not Ebola, now.
People run for the hills when they say Ebola, EVD, on the other hand, sounds like some exotic cold.
It’s like the word-smithing shift from Venereal Disease to STD.
“It’s like the word-smithing shift from Venereal Disease to STD.”
Or from GRID (Gay-Related Immuno Deficiency) to the much more PC “AIDS”.