2 minutes agoO BSH urged to change monkey's name
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)City authorities in New York asked the World Health Organization (OBSH) on Tuesday to rename the monkey oak virus, a name seen as stigmatizer and may lead patients to isolate themselves instead of seeking attention. “We have a growing concern for the potentially stigmatizing effects that messages [...]
“We have a growing concern about the potentially stigmatizing effects that messages about the monkey virus could have in these already vulnerable communities”, wrote New York Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan in a letter to WHO General Director Tedros Adhanom. Greesters.
He had already mentioned this possible change in mid - June, while stressing that O The BSH “was working with partners and experts from around the world to change the name of the monkey oak virus and the disease that causes”.
According to the New York City Health Commissioner, concerns have been raised about the painful and racist “history within which the terminology like this is rooted in communities with a color”.
In his letter, Vasan recalled the negative effects of dezinforms during the outbreak of AIDS virus (HIV) or racism suffered by Asian communities after the pandemic COVID-19, which then US President Donald Trump called the “virus of China”. /Euronews/
