Worries over stigma are driving a push to rename monkeypox, but the process is slow | CNN

Since the beginning of the monkeypox outbreak, scientists and activists have pushed for the name of the virus and the disease to be changed to something 'non-discriminatory' and 'non-stigmatizing.'

Since the beginning of the monkeypox outbreak, scientists and activists have pushed for the name of the virus and the disease to be changed to something “non-discriminatory” and “non-stigmatizing.” Public health experts have worried that stigma could steer people away from getting tested and vaccinated. A new name can help slow the spread of the disease, they say, but it needs to come quickly.

” Since the outbreak has largely affected gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men, stigma has been an ongoing concern for WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus,” Tedros said when he declared monkeypox a global health emergency in July. In the US, the virus is disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic people, according to the CDC.

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