Poxy McPoxface among the candidates for new WHO-accredited name for monkeypox
Poxy McPoxface among the candidates for new WHO-accredited name for monkeypox
Other suggestions include TRUMP-22 (Picture: Reuters/AP)
Attempts to have a serious conversation about what to rename monkeypox have been hijacked by people trying to call it Poxy McPoxface.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has – perhaps questionably – decided to open up the process of naming the disease to the public, amid concerns about the current name having racist connotations.…