Why has monkeypox been renamed to mpox? #Mpox #Africa #BBCNews

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[christineperez]

No one is fooled about why it's called Mpox. You just shortened the word monkey. It's insulting to everyone by thinking this way

[AlexK-woxi]

How in the feck is Monkeypox racist??!?!??!??!

[Gui-fzjd]

Them renaming monkey pox to mpox is more racist then keeping the original name

[EdwardOberon]

Didn't they have a vaccine for this just after Covid?

[eIucidate]

What? This makes no sense. It's racist for them to even say "Monkeypox" has a racist connotation.

[Tristanks]

Honestly I think Mpox sounds more dangerous than monkeypox, so it's better

[thomasbullins]

Im waiting for them to aay something about a certain lifestyle being overly affected -

[vj.joseph]

A profound thought is are we more focused on renaming diseases rather than helping out the disease prone people living in drc congo, kenya, uganda, where should we be focusing our efforts to.

[Wonblock]

So you’re saying the name got changed because people came up with the most bs excuse to make it racist? It’s shocking that people now focus more on “identifying” their sexuality or gender and what is racist.

[phpn]

Seriously, people need to stop stigmatising themselves or seeing offense in every potential use of language. It's absurd, self-defeating and delusional.

[souvikguha]

Okay on a side topic, we don't trust the WHO especially that person.

[phpn]

Maybe the WHO should learn about the Streisand Effect

[Iamdonewiththis-quit]

1:11

News : mpox is spreading rapidly

The amount of fear I have:

[twizzian]

I think everyone’s going to ignore the re-name, it will always be referred to as Monkeypox

[pyrogeeknews]

Yet, y’all kept the initial M. Also, why would a contagious disease NOT affect trade and tourism negatively? That’s kind of silly.

[outlawbillionairez]

I broke up with my girlfriend because she gave me monkey pox. It was for the better anyway. Chimpanzees are too high maintenance for me.

[nicholaslopez]

What do I have to say to get uk authorities to arrest me,

[public.public]

So it wasn't done to protect the dignity of monkeys then.
WHO speciesist ?

[dltmng]

Dont stress guys
Mpox is still less fatal and less dangerous than smallpox
And we all know smallpox probably aint gonna do shi

[kingkongicloud]

Monkeypox is now called Mpox because bummers are deaf