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Friday, October 18, 2024

WHO Renaming Monkeypox Amid Concerns Over Racism, Stigma

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Daily Voice Passaic County issued the following announcement.

The World Health Organization will officially rename monkeypox to make clear that it isn’t African and remove the possibility of offending anyone by making a particular race or skin complexion the face of the disease.

 #dailyvoice #monkeypox #WHO #monkeypoxrenamed 

Original source can be found here.

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