Many scientists have taken matters into their own hands and have begun using abbreviations such as “hMPXV” and “MPV” when writing or talking about the disease. In a news conference last week, officials reported a 20% jump in cases over the previous week, with 35,000 cases, with the vast majority of infections concentrated in the Americas. But many experts have grown impatient, saying the process has been too plodding given the disease’s rapid advance, which has now reached 92 countries, according to the WHO. In June, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organization would work with experts to find a new name, and last week, it issued a public call for suggestions. “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 stigmatizing,” the authors wrote. In fact, before the current global outbreak, human-to-human transmission in Africa was relatively uncommon, with most infections occurring in rural areas among people who had direct contact with wild animals. Many articles have also been wrongly describing the virus as “endemic” to Africa, they wrote. The letter also condemned media coverage of the outbreak, noting that some Western outlets had been using photos of lesion-pocked Africans to illustrate an outbreak that was almost entirely affecting white men. Unlocking opportunities in Metal and Mining.
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