Round 2: Here's Monkey Pox (Now called Mpox - first case in US) (2 Viewers)

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WHO just keeps lighting themselves on fire, then jumping in a gas tank, over and over.

Seriously if you want people to take the disease seriously, "monkeypox" sounds much scarier than "mpox". Seems counterproductive to me.
 
Mr. Sparkle said:
WHO just keeps lighting themselves on fire, then jumping in a gas tank, over and over.

Seriously if you want people to take the disease seriously, "monkeypox" sounds much scarier than "mpox". Seems counterproductive to me.
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Sounds easy enough for humans but why should monkeys be forced to live as second-class citizens, stained by the stigma of this disease that has no more to do with them than a host of other species? If we don't force the WHO to be judicious and thoughtful about possible harm in the naming of pox, what's to stop them from naming the next one human pox? Maybe it won't be so easy then?


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superchuck500 said:
Sounds easy enough for humans but why should monkeys be forced to live as second-class citizens, stained by the stigma of this disease that has no more to do with them than a host of other species? If we don't force the WHO to be judicious and thoughtful about possible harm in the naming of pox, what's to stop them from naming the next one human pox? Maybe it won't be so easy then?


*the preceding message brought to you by Associated Primates Enterprise (APE) - a voice for primates.


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As a member of the Eagle Coalition, I abhor the blatant tribalism you monkey followers perpepuate.
 
Monkey monkey



When we're all dying of monkey pox we can think of a good song and substitute the word funky with monkey.
 
Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa.

The department of disease control said laboratory tests on the 66-year-old had confirmed he was infected with the mpox Clade 1b variant.

“Thailand’s Department of Disease Control wishes to confirm the lab test result which shows mpox Clade 1b in a European patient,” the department said in a statement, adding that the World Health Organization (WHO) would be informed of the development.……

Thailand confirms Asia’s first known case of new deadlier mpox variant

The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox
www.theguardian.com
 

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