New York City has bad crime problems, drug addiction problems, monkeypox deaths are on the rise, but the city’s government had to take time to rename Monkeypox MPV out of some ridiculous conclusion that, unless they did, the term Monkeypox would somehow stigmatize gay men who are the primary transmitters of the sickness.

NEWSFLASH: Apparently, the name "Monkeypox" is offensive to someone in New York, so it's been renamed to the "MVP" Which is short for "MonkeyPox Virus."
That is all.https://t.co/w5mpNbDKS7

— Missouri Freedom Initiative (@MissouriLibert2) October 23, 2022

Four months ago, the World Health Organization changed the name for Monkeypox for similar reasons to New York’s.

MONKEYPOX- To be renamed by the WHO because it’s discriminatory and speciesist (new word) to monkeys. This is not a joke.

Sounds very 2022 pic.twitter.com/TK1MQFCOwJ

— Bernie's Tweets (@BernieSpofforth) June 14, 2022

Then again, like the first tweet notes, MPV could really be interpreted to mean Monkey Pox Virus, so nothing much has changed.

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