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A comment on MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a name that isn’t racist. Parent comment

Re:MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a nam... by 0xChain on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:07AM (#32615544)
It really is perplexing that the notion, primarily derived from white people, that keeping it labeled as Monkeypox “could” direct hate towards POC isn’t in itself considered racist.
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Re:MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a nam... by fortnum on Saturday August 27, 2022 @03:12AM (#32616607)
True, but with all the absurdities these days I really only have one word

Clownworld

:)

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