{"id":255005,"date":"2022-06-18T07:21:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T07:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=255005"},"modified":"2022-06-19T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T09:14:22","slug":"the-who-is-changing-the-name-monkeypoxis-it-really-because-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=255005","title":{"rendered":"The WHO is changing the name \u201cmonkeypox\u201d\u2026is it really because of racism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian June 16, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Yesterday Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), announced the WHO was officially changing the name of the monkeypox virus.<\/p>\n

This decision was allegedly taken due to \u201cstigmatization\u201d and \u201cdiscrimination\u201d of the current \u201cinaccurate\u201d name.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure how \u201cmonkeypox virus\u201d can be an inaccurate name for a virus allegedly found in monkeys that allegedly causes pox, but that is the contention of the \u201cexperts\u201d who called for an \u201curgent name change\u201d in this report from last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the context of the current global outbreak, continued reference to, and nomenclature of this virus being African is not only inaccurate but is also discriminatory and stigmatising,\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, the problem here, as always with mainstream news, is their own mutually contradictory stories\/agendas.<\/p>\n

Because, according to the official narrative the virus does<\/em> come from Africa, where it is<\/em> endemic in some West African nations.<\/p>\n

Changing the name of the virus will not change that, or make people forget they said so, will it?<\/p>\n

So why do it?<\/p>\n

Well, in yet another parallel with Covid, it allows them to fold a racism storyline into the greater narrative. With Covid they first engendered, suspicions about China and Chinese people being \u201cthe source\u201d of the non-existent problem. Then they condemned these suspicions as racist.<\/p>\n

Here, they are spreading fear about Africa, and then claiming that fear is racist.<\/p>\n

It is just another great way to divide and distract people.<\/p>\n

Alongside this, the irrationality itself seems to serve some purpose.<\/p>\n

With Covid we were warned that \u201csuper-spreader events\u201d were incredibly dangerous\u2026but that Black Lives Matter protests were the exception because \u201cracism is a worse pandemic than Covid\u201d.<\/p>\n

With Monkeypox, despite the narrative claiming it\u2019s spreading among \u201cmen who have sex with men\u201d, any decision to cancel pride events or close known cruising spots is apparently \u201chomophobic\u201d.<\/p>\n

So maybe there\u2019s an element of simply being irrational for irrationality\u2019s sake. Confusing people to the point they don\u2019t know where to stand.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s another potential answer too, a directly pragmatic answer related to other Monkeypox news that came out the last few days.<\/p>\n

On June 14th it was announced<\/a> the WHO will be meeting next week to consider whether or not to declare monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).<\/p>\n

In the US, the CDC has released updated guidelines and case definitions<\/a> for monkeypox symptoms aiming to \u201cencourage broader suspicion for monkeypox\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Earlier today, Bloomberg was reporting<\/a> the US had \u201cnot learned from Covid\u201d and \u201ctesting bottlenecks\u201d could mean monkeypox cases being missed.<\/p>\n

And yesterday Hans Kluge, the WHO\u2019s regional director for Europe, released a statement<\/a> calling monkeypox a \u201cneglected disease\u201d, going on to say:<\/p>\n

The magnitude of this outbreak poses a real risk; the longer the virus circulates, the more it will extend its reach, and the stronger the disease\u2019s foothold will get in non-endemic countries. Governments, health partners and civil society need to act with urgency, and together to control this outbreak;<\/p>\n