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What keeps me a little sceptical about this move is that I don't know whether the name "monkeypox" actually comes form racist origins. If it's similar to the "
by sneakerblack 4y ago
What keeps me a little sceptical about this move is that I don't know whether the name "monkeypox" actually comes form racist origins.
If it's similar to the "Spanish" flu (which, wasn't really from Spain, but I digress...) or the "gay disease" (HIV/AIDS) where the colloquial name was invented due to a pattern of xenophobia/racism, then I understand the WHO's intention to change the name. If it's because it originated from moneys.... It's like wanting to change the Spanish name for black (negro) because it was used in a derogatory manner in a different context (US slave owners/racists)