How we talk about monkeypox could protect lives
As if we didn’t have enough contagious viruses to worry about, monkeypox is now the latest unwelcome term to enter our daily lexicon. Even before we learned about the first U.S. cases of the disease in May, the way the European outbreak was framed by the media and public health officials was eerily familiar.
Stephaun Wallace, Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health at UW, is quoted.