Its been 3 years and the Wikipedia, which I consider to a most reliable source (in general). They don’t use Mpox. They use Monkeypox.
Its not a matter of anything going over any ones heads. I’ve at least studied these things (taxonomy and naming and nomenclature) specifically. The WHO isn’t necessarily some authority who creates these kinds of mandates. There are congresses on these matters for most domains where naming is important.
Wikipedia isn’t a source, use their sources as sources…
And that article (yes Wikipedia is articles… and not sources) is a bloody mess anyways.
Smallpox and monkeypox viruses are both orthopoxviruses, and the smallpox vaccine is effective against mpox if
Symptoms of mpox in humans incl
They don’t even know what to call it, and keep changing it throughout the article lol. So yeah, great source to use for what to call it… and cherry pick the one you want to boot!
I linked above: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeypox_virus
Its been 3 years and the Wikipedia, which I consider to a most reliable source (in general). They don’t use Mpox. They use Monkeypox.
Its not a matter of anything going over any ones heads. I’ve at least studied these things (taxonomy and naming and nomenclature) specifically. The WHO isn’t necessarily some authority who creates these kinds of mandates. There are congresses on these matters for most domains where naming is important.
Wikipedia isn’t a source, use their sources as sources…
And that article (yes Wikipedia is articles… and not sources) is a bloody mess anyways.
They don’t even know what to call it, and keep changing it throughout the article lol. So yeah, great source to use for what to call it… and cherry pick the one you want to boot!