Monkeypox is renamed 'mpox' by the WHO after claims decades-old term was 'racist and discriminatory towards Africa'.

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Monkeypox is renamed 'mpox' by the WHO after claims decades-old term was 'racist and discriminatory towards Africa'.

11-28-2022, 01:01 PM

Monkeypox is renamed 'mpox' by the WHO after claims decades-old term was 'racist and discriminatory' | Daily Mail Online

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World Health Organization (WHO) officials have delivered in their promise to change the name of monkeypox after receiving claims the old term was 'racist and discriminatory' towards Africa.
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11-28-2022, 07:02 PM

I wonder who thought this was racist and to think it was spearheaded by Biden is odd.
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11-30-2022, 03:29 PM

Yeah. To be quite honest, I didn't think too much about the name monkeypox.
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