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>formerly called monkeypox When, who and why did its name change?
by Argonaut998 2y ago
>formerly called monkeypox
When, who and why did its name change?
- rolph 2y agofear of correlation to a racial slur
- Argonaut998 2y agoI suppose it was a strange choice of name in the first place.
- poulpy123 2y agoIt was identified in a monkeys originally, hence the name
- rescbr 2y agoOtherwise people will start killing monkeys indiscriminately.
- upon_drumhead 2y agoWHO did in 2022 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/11/28/1139403803/who-renames-monkeypox-as-mpox-citing-racist-stigma https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/11/28/1139403...
- fuzzbazz 2y agoAccording to Wikipedia the virus is still called "monkeypox virus" and the disease "mpox disease". One reason for the change may have been to have different names for these different things.
- davidt84 2y ago*formerly Formally means the opposite, and I had to check the article to check what you meant.
- Argonaut998 2y agoAutocorrect…
- poulpy123 2y agoI remember it. The name was changed during the pandemic of 2022, because in the west it was mainly affecting the gay men and LGBT associations thought that having "monkey" in the name of a disease affecting mainly gay men was stigmatising and pushed for a name change, and the WHO accepted.