WHO to rename monkeypox after scientists complain label ‘stigmatizing’
The scientists propose “a novel classification of MPXV that is non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing and aligned with best practices in naming of infectious diseases in a way that minimizes unnecessary negative impacts on nations, geographic regions, economies and people and that considers the evolution and spread of the virus.”Are they going to have a contest for this, like for various ships and snow plows? Or maybe dust off a little-used label for some long-forgotten illness like "leprosy"? (Wait, is that still stigmatizing?) Or go with a more modern designation for terrifying plague and call it MPXV-22?
We can't wait to find out.
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