{"id":1707264,"date":"2022-10-22T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T00:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707264"},"modified":"2022-10-22T20:48:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T00:48:13","slug":"nyc-will-no-longer-refer-to-virus-as-monkeypox-to-avoid-inaccurate-and-stigmatizing-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-will-no-longer-refer-to-virus-as-monkeypox-to-avoid-inaccurate-and-stigmatizing-label\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Will No Longer Refer To Virus As Monkeypox To Avoid \u2018Inaccurate And Stigmatizing Label\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnyc-will-no-longer-refer-to-virus-as-monkeypox-to-avoid-inaccurate-and-stigmatizing-label%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=1707264&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>Shortly after announcing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a>\u2019s first two deaths linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/monkeypox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monkeypox<\/a> on Friday, the city\u2019s health department explained that, from now on, it will refer to the virus as MPV.<\/p>\n<p>Monkeypox, which largely transmits through sexual intercourse between men, hit the U.S. earlier this year and has infected nearly 30,000 Americans, killing six as of Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/poxvirus\/monkeypox\/response\/2022\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Along with expressing concern for the virus itself, the NYC Health Department also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/2-deaths-in-new-york-city-linked-to-monkeypox-officials-say\/3917779\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it is worried about the \u201cinaccurate and stigmatizing label\u201d that comes with the virus\u2019 name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving forward, the Health Department will refer to the virus as MPV. The previous name is an inaccurate and stigmatizing label for a virus that is primarily affecting a community that has already suffered a long history of bigotry,\u201d the city\u2019s health department said.<\/p>\n<p>According to NYC Health, referring to the virus as monkeypox can keep people from seeking treatment if they contract the virus because of a \u201cstigma.\u201d The health department said it also requested the World Health Organization to change the virus\u2019 name.<\/p>\n<p>NYC Health encouraged \u201canyone of any sexual orientation or gender identity who is at risk\u201d to get both doses of the monkeypox vaccine at any city-run vaccination site.<\/p>\n<p>While monkeypox is not spread exclusively through sex, the disease is infecting gay men at a far higher rate than any other demographic. The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/data\/health-tools\/monkeypox.page#surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> from New York City shows that those who identify as LGBTQ currently make up 2,384 (64%) of the city\u2019s 3,703 monkeypox cases, and men make up 3,466 (94%) of the cases.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/poxvirus\/monkeypox\/if-sick\/transmission.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC<\/a>, monkeypox can spread through skin to skin contact that often happens through hugging, kissing, extended face-to-face contact, and sexual intercourse. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough, sore throat, and nasal congestion. The disease can also cause painful rashes and blisters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after announcing New York City\u2019s first two deaths linked to monkeypox on Friday, the city\u2019s health department explained that, from now on, it will refer to the virus as MPV. Monkeypox, which largely transmits through sexual intercourse between men, hit the U.S. earlier this year and has infected nearly 30,000 Americans, killing six as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707264","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}