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Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
Quote:Several researchers reportedly “in advanced discussion” with the World Health Organization have proposed changing the name of the monkeypox virus in order to be “non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing.”
Twenty-nine co-authors from 11 countries outlined their proposal in a preprint posted on virological.org on June 10th: “Urgent Need for a Non-discriminatory and Non-stigmatizing Nomenclature for Monkeypox Virus.”
Among the authors are several officials from governmental health organizations in Africa and Western researchers from institutions including the University of Oxford and the University of Washington.
The demand comes amidst a growing monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 1500 people in 47 countries.
“In the context of the current global outbreak, continued reference to, and nomenclature of this virus being African is not only inaccurate but is also discriminatory and stigmatizing,” the group of scientists amidst the ongoing outbreak.
“We therefore believe that a nomenclature that is neutral, non-discriminatory and non-stigmitizing [sic] will be more appropriate for the global health community,” continues the paper before proposing “hMPXV” as a placeholder.
The scientists also urged the adoption of a system whereby numbers would be used to represent different “clades” or groups, as the virus was divided into West African and Congo Basin branches, which have different genomic signatures and severities.
Clade one would hypothetically correspond to the Congo Basin strain, as it was the first to be detected, clade two would represent the West African strain, and clade three would be attributed to the current strain. Lineages within a clade would, they claim, use an alphabet system similar to how SARS-CoV-2 does with Omicron BA.5.
“We believe that this new classification will be easily adopted and is supported by the Africa Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and we are in advanced discussion with the World Health Organization (WHO),” revealed the authors of the paper who alleged their new nomenclature would “minimize unnecessary negative impacts on nations, geographic regions, economies and people and that considers the evolution and spread of the virus.”
The paper follows a similar discussion about what to call COVID-19, with many Chinese Communist Party-linked voices in the mainstream media slamming the term “Wuhan Virus” or “China Virus” as racist.
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06-13-2022 01:07 PM |
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
Yes, as usual, lets concentrate on the important stuff. These people are clowns.
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
Kung Flu
Thought for sure this would be a Babylon Bee article.
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06-13-2022 01:14 PM |
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Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
either a monkey has told someone they are offended
or
the scientists are racists
there is no middle ground
(This post was last modified: 06-13-2022 02:41 PM by shere khan.)
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
We all know the 'K' is silent...
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
SimianPox?
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06-13-2022 03:09 PM |
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Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
Wtf are they trying to say about black people? I told y'all that libs are the real racists.
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
(06-13-2022 05:11 PM)b2b Wrote: Wtf are they trying to say about black people? I told y'all that libs are the real racists.
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The first place my mind went when I heard the term was not to black people. Just more evidence it's the left who are the racists.
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox
Call it WHOpox, after the organization that wants to use this to keep the fear going for the globalists.
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06-13-2022 05:43 PM |
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
(06-13-2022 05:37 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote: (06-13-2022 05:11 PM)b2b Wrote: Wtf are they trying to say about black people? I told y'all that libs are the real racists.
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The first place my mind went when I heard the term was not to black people. Just more evidence it's the left who are the racists.
They show their true colors every time.
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
I need someone to explain to me how "monkey pox" is discriminatory.
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RE: Scientists Want to Change the Name Of Monkeypox To Make It ‘Non-Discriminatory’ and ‘
Why don't we call it "sh!t head Biden pox"?
There. A name we can all agree on.
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06-13-2022 08:52 PM |
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