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...But it will take time to replace a term that has been used for decades. The first human monkeypox case was recorded in 1970. The virus was initially detected years earlier, in captive monkeys.

"Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out," WHO said.

The announcement drew a mixed response from Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor, a global health equity advocate and senior New Voices fellow at the Aspen Institute who has backed changing the name.

"Mpox is better than monkeypox because it still contains 'pox', which speaks to the physical nature of the disease," Nsofor told NPR on Monday. "Removing 'monkey' removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with and deals with the possible misinformation" about how it's transmitted, he added, as it might falsely suggest monkeys are the main source of spreading the virus to humans. ...

@#19 ... How is "monkeypox" racist?

Wanting to rename it to me is actually what's racist. ...

"Monkeypox" is not racist.

The word "monkey" has racist connotations among many in the Republican Party.

For example, the photo shopped pictures of fmr Pres Obama with the image of a monkey's face instead of his face.

@#22 ... but no...they had to turn it into a whole topic to discuss the name. ...

And that discussion is something your alias seems to want to avoid?

Why?

@#27 ... So the answer is to fan the flame? ...

The answer is to eliminate racism.

But both you and I know this small step won't do that.

So your alias seems to want to continue racism instead of taking small steps to eliminate it.

I get it.

thx for your candor on this topic.

@#29 ... Something tells me Obama isn't as thin-skinned as you think. ...

The thickness of the skin of the Obamas is not the topic of discussion.

That your comment tries to deflect to that shows the weakness of your position.

Do try again.

Yer up.

@#34 ... Actually I can tell my posts went right over your head. ...

How?

@#36 ... Or at least I hope you do. ...

At this point in the conversation, I am not convinced his alias does.

But I await the alias' reply to my request for a follow-up.

@#37 ... "So your alias seems to want to continue racism instead of taking small steps to eliminate it."

I just did. ...

So, I question if your alias wants to continue racism, and the reply from your alias is "I just did."

OK, Got it.

... Don't believe everything you think. ...

I did not think that. Your alias seems to confirmed it. (see above)

... The name change is creating an association a lot of people might not have seen. ...

Huh?

OK, you lost me with that one.

@#40 ... Lamp brought President Obama into the conservation. ...

I brought up that Republicans had posted pictures of fmr Pres Obama with a monkey-face instead of his real face.

Why do some Republicans seem to do that?

It is good that your alias now tries to distance itself form those occurrences.

Interesting tune with an interesting history...

@#43

So, what's yer point?

(I had to ask because your comment was a rambling mess...)

@#45 ... Was mostly commenting on the one-sidednes of the thread posts prior to mine. ...

Why do you think the posts were one-sided?

@#47 ... This seems to me quite prevalent in almost any source I read . ...

Yet no examples are provided.

Based upon your comment ("quite prevalent"), it should be quite easy to provide an example to substantiate the opinion stated.

Yer up...

What's yer got?