In order to prevent stigma and discrimination, World Wei wants to rename the "Monkey Acne"

[Global Times special reporter Liu Haoran] In order to avoid stigma and discrimination, the World Health Organization (WHO) is currently considering renamed "Monkey Acne". I hope that all circles will no longer use the term "MonkeyPox" in the future. The new naming has not yet been determined, but some media speculate that it will be similar to "COVID-19" (new coronary pneumonia virus), which will be as objective and neutral as possible.

The United States "News Weekly" reported on the 14th that dozens of African scientists submitted reports to WHO on the 10th, calling on the international community to categorize more neutralized medicine on monkey acne virus, acknowledge that the virus extends to European countries, and minimize as much as possible as possible It has an unnecessary negative impact on the country, region, economy, and human ethnic groups. Infectious disease experts from the University of Stellenbos in South Africa said that from the perspective of the academic community, the name of monkey acne does not meet the guidance guidelines of the infectious disease name of WHO, that is, avoiding regional concepts and animal names.

As of May this year, the case of monkey acne has appeared in more than 40 countries and regions around the world, with a total of more than 1,500 patients. However, international public opinion still has a serious stereotypes on monkey acne and believes that the disease is "exclusive to Africa." For example, some so -called mainstream media scholars in Nigerian Salvation University said that when reporting the spread of Monkey's acne virus in Western countries, the pictures came from the African minor. In addition, the word "monkey" of monkey acne is also misleading, because the virus has appeared on a variety of mammals, and the source of transmission is still unknown.

The person in charge of the WHO sudden health incident planning department said that the academic appeal has been widely supported by WHO, or will soon be renamed monkey acne. The new name will replace the old names in various official statements, medical publications, and media reports in the future. Above it. However, according to the US Medical Health News Network STAT, WHO itself does not have the permissions for renamed the virus. This work is the scope of the International Virus Classification Commission.

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