CNN Praises the WHO for Renaming Monkeypox as “Mpox”: ‘Monkeys Have Nothing To Do with It’

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CABRERA: "Let's pivot to another story. Monkeypox has a new name?"
COHEN: "It does have a new name. So the WHO says it's Mpox. And there's an interesting reason for this, kind of a -- a -- a sad reason in many ways. There is a concern that monkeypox, that the word engendered stigma. I want to read to you a part of a letter that the New York City Department of Health wrote in support of getting rid of the word monkey pox. What the New York City Department of Health said was, look, we're joining others expressing serious concern about using the word monkeypox, given the stigma it may engender and the painful and racist history within which terminology like this is rooted for communities of color. Just another note that monkeys have nothing to do with this virus, it's really a misnomer. So it's now Mpox."