jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down10
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI believe mpox was, sadly, renamed because racists and their use of “monkey”. I think that was more the issue over men who have sex with men. “Ringworm” isn’t a slur though lol
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThat hadn’t occurred to me. I assumed it was relating gay men to monkeys that was the problem. You’re probably right, though.
I believe mpox was, sadly, renamed because racists and their use of “monkey”. I think that was more the issue over men who have sex with men. “Ringworm” isn’t a slur though lol
That hadn’t occurred to me. I assumed it was relating gay men to monkeys that was the problem. You’re probably right, though.