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New York health commissioner demands WHO rename 'racist' monkeypox
[PostMillennial] Ashwin Vasan, the 44th Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, wrote a letter to the World Health Organization demanding that the monkeypox virus be immediately renamed, citing "racism" as the primary reason.
"NYC joins many public health experts and community leaders who have expressed their serious concern about continuing to exclusively use the term 'monkeypox' given the stigma it may engender, and the painful and racist history within which terminology like this is rooted for communities of color," the letter reads. Vasan states that the continued use of the term "monkeypox" would reignite "traumatic feelings of racism and stigma" for "Black people and other people of color, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ communities." Related: Biden administration estimates almost $7 billion needed to fight against monkeypox outbreak Related: World Health Organization: 2022-07-24 WHO Says Monkeypox is a Global Health ‘Emergency,' World Health Organization: 2022-06-27 Not much heard lately from the 'Scarf Lady' aka Dr. Debra Birx - Perhaps this is why World Health Organization: 2022-06-16 Chicago urges people who 'feel sick' or have rashes NOT to attend summer festivals after one of its eight monkeypox cases is linked back to annual fetish gathering, Mr Leather: National tally rises to 72 infections Posted by: Fred 2022-07-27 |
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