“We understand, and I know so many other communities understand, how a name of a virus can really cause harm to that community,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told theGrio during a briefing.
The White House on Friday responded to calls from advocates to change the name of monkeypox (MPV) because its moniker is stigmatizing to Black LGBTQ+ people and the Black community more broadly.
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