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WHO plans to rename monkeypox over stigmatization concerns
The Associated Press ^
| August 12, 2022
Posted on 08/12/2022 11:43:47 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it’s holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations.
WHO said the decision was made following a meeting of scientists this week and in line with current best practices for naming diseases, which aims to “avoid causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, or ethnic groups, and minimize any negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare.”
Monkeypox was first named in 1958 when research monkeys in Denmark were observed to have a “pox-like” disease, although they are not thought to be the animal reservoir.
WHO said it was also opening a way for the public to suggest new names for monkeypox, but did not say when any new name would be announced.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2stupid4words; buttpox; fdrq; homosexualagenda; monkeypox; newspeak; perverts; pridepox; schlongcovid; who
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Buggerypox.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:45:32 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
White Supremacy Pox
or maybe
MVE Pox
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:47:20 AM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
WHO once again putting their priority on sassy social justice over actually doing their jobs while a pandemic that they even claimed they were prepared and studying for rages out of control.
It’s a WORTHLESS organization and needs to be disbanded.
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:47:32 AM PDT
by
Skywise
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Don’t-Blame-Monkeys-Pox
I think we can end the contest right now. Will WHO mail me my prize, or do I have to go somewhere to pick it up?
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:47:57 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They think that monkey means black person. They will then proceed to lecture you uninvited about all your racism while giving themselves awards for not being racist.
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:48:00 AM PDT
by
Dragonspirit
(CNN is the enemy. Ashli Babbitt is the hero.)
To: ifinnegan
Michellepox?
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:48:06 AM PDT
by
bagster
("Even bad men love their mamas".)
To: Scrambler Bob
And is a flash of /s
I Love Joe Pox
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:48:28 AM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: bagster
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:49:18 AM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
pridepox...
a rose is a rose
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:49:28 AM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gee, when I hear monkey pox, I think of monkeys. When liberals hear monkey pox they think of black people.
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:49:37 AM PDT
by
Toespi
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If the WHO associates monkeys with black people, then they are the racists. Not the rest of us.
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:49:44 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(3,745,047 users on Truth Social)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Poofter Pox!.........................
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:49:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Ew a contest!
OrangeManBaditis?
WhitesupremistsDisease?
Did I win?
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:50:42 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:50:50 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:50:55 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The fact that they think it’s racist proves they are racist. Why would associate the name with a race? What does that say about them.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They got a lot of mileage by renaming “the weather” as “global warming.”
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posted on
08/12/2022 11:51:38 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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