In the build-up to the monkeypox peak fears several months ago, the WHO had already discussed calling it something else on several occasions to try and shake loose some of these purported stigmas that came with the term.
The WHO wrote in a press release on November 28th,
When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing language online, in other settings and in some communities was observed and reported to WHO. In several meetings, public and private, a number of individuals and countries raised concerns and asked WHO to propose a way forward to change the name.
WHO’s Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and others involved in the process, four other criterium are recommended:
- Adoption of the new synonym mpox in English for the disease.
- Mpox will become a preferred term, replacing monkeypox, after a transition period of one year. This serves to mitigate the concerns raised by experts about confusion caused by a name change in the midst of a global outbreak. It also gives time to complete the ICD update process and to update WHO publications.
- The synonym mpox will be included in the ICD-10 online in the coming days. It will be a part of the official 2023 release of ICD-11, which is the current global standard for health data, clinical documentation and statistical aggregation.
- The term “monkeypox” will remain a searchable term in [International Classification of Diseases] ICD, to match historic information.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:18
It’s quite funny when you realize that right around the time The WP and other independent outlets, along with some medical doctors, began to prove that this so-called monkeypox outbreak was just a coverup for the Covid death shots causing people to get “botchy,” and using the LGTBQIA+ communities as a proxy to push that agenda; the agenda completely evaporated…
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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people really have lost their minds!
They lost their minds a long time ago, perhaps during the 1950s I’d argue, it’s just only gotten way out of hand and off the rails.
I had completely forgotten about it! How easy it is to forget when it isn’t propagandized!