Why Experts Want to Rename Monkeypox - The New York Times

Public health researchers say the term evokes racist stereotypes, reinforces offensive tropes about Africa and abets stigmatization that can prevent people from seeking care.

The naming of diseases has long been contentious and not just in Africa. In the first months after its emergence in China, the illness we call Covid-19 was unofficially dubbed the Wuhan virus, a desi… [+2890 chars]

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