{"id":1516899,"date":"2022-06-15T09:19:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516899"},"modified":"2022-06-15T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:20:00","slug":"world-health-organization-will-rename-monkeypox-because-name-is-discriminatory-stigmatizing-to-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-health-organization-will-rename-monkeypox-because-name-is-discriminatory-stigmatizing-to-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"World Health Organization Will Rename Monkeypox Because Name Is \u2018Discriminatory, Stigmatizing\u2019 To Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworld-health-organization-will-rename-monkeypox-because-name-is-discriminatory-stigmatizing-to-africa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to rename monkeypox \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d claiming the existing name is racist and discriminatory to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 researchers have \u201csigned a position paper stating there was an \u2018urgent need\u2019 to change its name given the current outbreak, which has mainly struck gay and bisexual men,\u201d the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-10918619\/World-Health-Organization-rename-monkeypox-scientists-claimed-RACIST.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wrote: \u2018Continued reference to, and nomenclature of this virus being African is not only inaccurate but is also discriminatory and stigmatizing,&#8217;\u201d the U.K. paper said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, head of the WHO, confirmed the virus will be renamed, saying the organization is \u201cworking with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades, and the disease it causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will make announcements about the new names as soon as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The virus is endemic to central and western Africa but is currently spreading to at least 40 countries across the globe. Symptoms include \u201ca fever, intense headache, muscle aches, back pain, low energy, swollen lymph nodes and a skin rash or lesions,\u201d the WHO says on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/questions-and-answers\/item\/monkeypox?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhqaVBhCxARIsAHK1tiPl2UJ99mlUr7hmxD7m_HNWynPoPPyj3hYmxujjhbcGoCxkCykKA5AaAk_PEALw_wcB\">website<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cLesions can be flat or slightly raised, filled with clear or yellowish fluid, and can then crust, dry up and fall off. The number of lesions on one person can range from a few to several thousand\u201d and are usually \u201cconcentrated on the face, palms of the hands and soles of the feet\u201d but can spread to the mouth, genitals and eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the virus is split into two types, with the names designating where they were found, such as the West African variant and Central African or Congo Basin strains.<\/p>\n<p>Now, scientists want to use numbers, such as MPXV1 and MPXV2, to differentiate the variants.<\/p>\n<p>The move is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/06\/01\/coronavirus-variants-greek-letters\/\">similar<\/a> to what the WHO did with COVID-19, which had been referred to as the Wuhan virus because of where it was first found. The WHO designated the name of the virus as SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther groups have warned of stigma in communication about monkeypox,\u201d Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/who-considers-renaming-monkeypox-virus-to-minimize-stigma-racism-1.1778261\">reported<\/a>. \u201cIn late May, the Foreign Press Association of Africa asked western media to stop using photos of Black people to highlight what the condition looks like in stories about the US or UK. In the weeks since, scientists have also raised the point that the lesions patients are presenting with in this current outbreak have, in many cases, been distinct from what\u2019s been historically documented in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs any other disease, it can occur in any region in the world and afflict anyone, regardless of race or ethnicity,\u201d the group wrote. \u201cAs such, we believe that no race or skin complexion should be the face of this disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to rename monkeypox \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d claiming the existing name is racist and discriminatory to Africa. More than 30 researchers have \u201csigned a position paper stating there was an \u2018urgent need\u2019 to change its name given the current outbreak, which has mainly struck gay and bisexual men,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":1516935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1516899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1516935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}