... quite possibly in Stacey's ... uh ... "honor."
NYC Department of health asks the WHO to rename monkeypox because of its ‘painful and racist history’
http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/07/26/nyc-department-of-health-asks-the-who-to-rename-monkeypox-because-of-its-painful-and-racist-history/
Monkeypox sure has some people riled up. As Twitchy reported, White House Covid Response Coordinator Ashish Jha addressed monkeypox Monday and stressed that it’s “really important” not to use this moment “to propagate homophobic or transphobic messaging.” That’s what’s really important. Science, you know.
But it gets dumber … way dumber. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, has written a letter to the World Health Organization asking it to change the name of monkeypox because of a growing concern “for the potentially devastating and stigmatizing effects that the messaging around the ‘monkeypox’ virus can have on these already vulnerable communities.”
Is he talking about the gay community? Not quite.
“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,” Vasan continues.
Look, it’s real:
Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD (@NYCHealthCommr) ~ We're calling on @WHO to act immediately to rename the “monkeypox” virus. We have a growing concern for the potentially stigmatizing effects that the messaging around the “monkeypox” virus can have on vulnerable communities. Read our letter: http://on.nyc.gov/3Oza1k8
YaYa Shell (@ShelleyCuz) ~ What vulnerable community do you think of when you hear monkeypox?
Sam E. Antar (@SamAntar) ~ Don’t you have better things to do like making sure there are enough vaccines available for New Yorkers?
Meme Gene (@pseudnonymus) ~ I propose orgypox.
Civil Roar (@Civil_Roar_) ~ Pridepox?
Jason (@Rocketman455) ~ Harambepox?
Anthony (@PotatoCommish) ~ How about clownpox?
Diddled Democrat Pox? Or ... HEY! ... the Pffffarters will like this one - zzshart Pox.
Matt Gentry (@mattygnotafed) ~ Who exactly do you think these vulnerable communities are? You’re the one saying it, so who is it?
Aldo (@AldoRFC55) ~ This is what you're paid the big bucks for. Wait. No it isn't.
Spock (@SpockTheVulcan3) ~ {Replying to @NYCHealthCommr and @WHO} I admire the lack if embarrassment it took to tweet this.
Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) ~ Are monkeys a vulnerable NYC community? 🤣🤣🤣
Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) ~ Thank you. I’ve seen several monkeys being teased about this and it needs to stop.
Do they think monkeys are upset that they have a virus named after them? How about chickenpox?
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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