>> Greg: MONKEYPOX GETS RENAMED
SO HORNY PRIMATES WON’T FEEL
ASHAMED.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD
START CALLING MONKEYPOX M-POCKS
AFTER HEARING COMPLAINTS THAT
MONKEYPOX WAS RACIST AND STIGMA
TIEING.
IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY OF THOSE
COMPLAINTS WERE SERIOUS OR IF
THEY WERE MADE BY ANYONE HURLING
FECES.
WHO HAS A MANDATE TO RENAME
EXISTING DISEASES AVOIDING ANY
ASSOCIATION WITH A COUNTRY,
REGION, ANIMAL OR ETHNIC GROUP.
SO I GUESS MY IDEA THAT SAN
FRANCISCO SMASH RASH IS OUT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Greg: IT’S ALSO NOT CLEAR HOW
YOU MIGHT ACCUSE ANOTHER PERSON
OF RACISM FOR USING THE TERM
MONKEYPOX.
SURE, EXPERTS SAY THAT MONKEYPOX
IS MOSTLY FOUND THROUGHOUT
AFRICA UNTIL RECENTLY, BUT IT
WAS CALLED MONKEYPOX, NOT AFRICA
POX.
AND YOU CAN’T ASSOCIATE THE TERM
MONKEYPOX WITH RACISM UNLESS YOU
YOURSELF ARE ALREADY ASSOCIATING
THE WORD MONKEY WITH AFRICA.
BUT STILL A RELIEF TO UNFAIRLY
MALIGNED APES OUT THERE.
FIRST WE MAKE THEM DRESS UP IN
LITTLE SUITS AND BOW TIES THEN
WE NAME AN STD AFTER THEM.
IT’S ALSO WEIRD THAT WHO IS
WORRIED ABOUT ASSOCIATING
DISEASES WITH AN ANIMAL AFTER
COVERING UP THE LAB LEAK WITH
BATS.
NOW PEOPLE FREAK OUT WHEN I EAT
BATS.
I HAVE TO CUT DOWN MY BAT
EATING. LET’S SEE WHAT OUR EXPERT HAS TO
LET’S SEE WHAT OUR EXPERT HAS TO
SAY.
>> YES, DOCTOR.
SO THE M IN M POX TOTALLY STANDS
FOR MONKEY THOUGH, RIGHT?
>> SO IT’S DEADLIER THAN
MONKEYPOX?
>> GREAT WE’LL JUST KEEP CALLING
IT MONKEYPOX THEN, YEAH?
>> OH, SO CAN MPOX BE TRANSMITTED IF A MONKEY BITES
TRANSMITTED IF A MONKEY BITES
YOU DURING SEX?
>> Greg: KAT SCIENCE ISN’T ABOUT
FEELINGS.
WITH THE PHRASE MONKEYPOX, THE
BAD PART OF THE PHRASE IS POX,
NOT MONKEY.
ANY KIND OF POX IS GOING TO BE
BAD.
IT’S MONKEYPOX OR MPOX OR CORN
POX
>> Kat: YEAH.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY USELESS AND
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE BUT WHO
DOING THINGS THAT MAKE NO
DIFFERENCE IS ACTUALLY A STEP UP
FROM WHAT THEY WERE DOING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS WHICH IS MAKING A
BIG DIFFERENCE IN A VERY BAD
WAY.
>> Greg: YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT KILLS ME
CHARLIE IF THEY MIGHT HAVE A
POINT IF THEY SAID PEOPLE AREN’T
TAKING IT SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT
HAS A FUNNY NAME.
HENS WE DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE
NAME NOW IT’S FUNNIER THAT THEY
CALL IT MPOX SO THEY MADE IT
FUNNIER.
>> Greg: YEAH, BUT YOU DIDN’T.
[LAUGHTER].
>> Tyrus: WOW, WE’RE GOING TO
MISS YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Charlie: THE DEGREE TO WHICH
THESE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO CARE
ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH HAVE
DESTROYED THEIR ABILITY OR ANY
GOVERNMENT AGENCY’S ABILITY OR
THE WHO, ANYBODY’S ABILITY TO
HANDLE PUBLIC HEALTH IN ANY
SERIOUS WAY.
THEY’VE COMPLETELY BEE CLOWNED
THEMSELVES BY BEING MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE NAME OF
SOMETHING THAN, I DON’T KNOW, A
DISEASE THAT COULD ACTUALLY KILL
SOMEBODY.
>> Greg: YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT’S
INTERESTING?
I WASN’T LISTENING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Greg: EMILY, WHEN WE WERE
KIDS IT DIDN’T BOTHER US ABOUT
CHICKEN POX, I THINK THE ARMOR
HOT DOGS, EVEN KIDS WITH CHICKEN
POX.
IT WASN’T BECAUSE WE WERE MAKING
FUN OF KIDS BECAUSE THEY LOOKED
SO GROSS.
IT WAS BECAUSE THEY LOOKED
GROSS.
>> Emily: I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS
THE [BLEEP] THAT ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND PEOPLE IN DECISION
MAKING POWERFUL POSITIONS ARE
SPENDING THEIR TIME ON.
WHAT A JOKE.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE
FUNNEL INTO THE WHO?
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH RESEARCH AND
STUFF THAT WE FUND?
AND THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
I FEEL LIKE MPOX REMINDS ME OF
THAT SONG MBOB.
>> Greg: BY HANSON.
>> Emily: YEAH.
THAT WILL BE IN MY HEAD NOW.
>> Greg: HANSON ONCE STOOD
BEHIND ME IN THE BATH RHYME.
>> Emily: DID YOU TALK TO HIM.
>> Greg: NO.
>> Emily: WHICH ONE.
WEREN’T THERE THREE.
>> Greg: IT WAS JUST A REGULAR
BATHROOM.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT.
>> Emily: IT’S LIKE THE ARTIST
FORMALLY KNOWN AS PRINCE IT
DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU TRY TO
CHANGE THE NAME TO EVERYONE WILL
CALL IT MONKEYPOX OR MPOCKS.
>> Greg: ENOUGH FROM YOU.
TYRUS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
YOU TALKED ABOUT EXTERNAL
INTERNAL PROBLEM.
THEY ADDRESS AN EXTERNAL ISSUE,
THE NAME, BUT HAS NO AFFECT ON
THE REAL ISSUE THE DISEASE.
>> Tyrus: OBVIOUSLY TWO OF THE
RACIST GUYS AT WORK GOT TALKING
ABOUT MONKEYPOX AND IN AN EFFORT
TO SAVE THEIR SON WHO SHOULDN’T
HAVE BEEN IN THE MOVIE IN THE
FIRST PLACE THEY CHANGED THE
NAME.
BUT, YES, FOR SOME REASON
CHICKEN POX STILL RUNS RAMPANT
BECAUSE NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE
FILMED CHICKENS LIKE SKINNY
CRACK HEAD WHITE PEOPLE?
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT A CHICKEN
HEAD WAS?
THAT’S NOT FAIR.
CHANGE THAT TO CPOX.
>> Greg: THEY HAVE CHICKEN POX
PARTIES DID YOU KNOW THAT?
>> Emily: NO, BUT I STILL HAVE