The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed banning the use of the traditional name for the monkeypox disease in the healthcare industry and changing it to “MPXV.”
The WHO claims that the present moniker “monkeys and Africa” is stigmatizing and that they need assistance to come up with a new, more appropriate name.
It is unclear, however, why “monkey pox” would stigmatize Africa given that monkeys are widespread throughout the tropical regions of the world, including South America and Asia.
Many scientists promptly intervened and proposed that the name of the illness be altered as soon as monkeypox started to spread among homosexuals.
A call from roughly 30 researchers stated, “Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing name for the monkeypox virus.”
The present monkeypox outbreak is more likely to be associated with homosexual men in the West than it is with monkeys in Africa.
However, in the case of HIV, it is believed that human infection occurred as a result of Western homosexual men visiting Africa and engaging in monkey sex. Because LGBT communities do not want to be identified with monkeys or Africa, the name “monkey pox” has also caused discontent among those groups.
The WHO responded to the request in June and now suggests “MPXV” as the designation for the illness in the medical community. However, MPXV stands for “Monkeypox virus,” thus the WHO’s decision to change the name is a little hasty. The WHO states that efforts to develop a totally neutral nomenclature are ongoing.
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