NYC Announces First 2 Monkeypox-Linked Deaths — and Gives Virus a New Acronym nbcnewyork.com Submitted by brooklynlad t3_yadhqm on October 22, 2022 at 4:00 AM in nyc 6 comments 10
spoil_of_the_cities t1_itaoarn wrote on October 22, 2022 at 4:36 AM RIP Other than the sadness of the deaths from this, I find it interesting how this renaming process is becoming ritual Permalink 11
spicytoastaficionado t1_itcb58p wrote on October 22, 2022 at 3:33 PM So the city now refers to monkeypox as "MPV", even though that is already a commonly-used medical acronym for mean platelet volume (blood testing). Permalink 8 Disco_Dreamz t1_itcc0fr wrote on October 22, 2022 at 3:39 PM I’m sure people will be able to use context clues to determine which is which Permalink Parent 2 mamiyaRZ67 t1_itccxev wrote on October 22, 2022 at 3:45 PM I’m sure everyone is going to continue calling it monkeypox, requiring the city to have to put “(aka monkeypox)” whenever they say “MPV” or else no one will know what they are talking about. Permalink Parent 7
Disco_Dreamz t1_itcc0fr wrote on October 22, 2022 at 3:39 PM I’m sure people will be able to use context clues to determine which is which Permalink Parent 2 mamiyaRZ67 t1_itccxev wrote on October 22, 2022 at 3:45 PM I’m sure everyone is going to continue calling it monkeypox, requiring the city to have to put “(aka monkeypox)” whenever they say “MPV” or else no one will know what they are talking about. Permalink Parent 7
mamiyaRZ67 t1_itccxev wrote on October 22, 2022 at 3:45 PM I’m sure everyone is going to continue calling it monkeypox, requiring the city to have to put “(aka monkeypox)” whenever they say “MPV” or else no one will know what they are talking about. Permalink Parent 7
luckylebron t1_itclprc wrote on October 22, 2022 at 4:47 PM I was wondering what had happened to Monkey Pox as of late. Permalink 1
howaboutafoot t1_itan8uj wrote
Still monkey pox