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reports · high · dan friesen · 00:29:17
Knowledge Fight · #413: March 27, 2020
The World Health Organization instituted rules in 2015 discouraging the naming of diseases after groups of people, places, or animals due to stigma.
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These diseases were named prior to the World Health Organization instituting rules in 2015 about naming conventions, where it was discouraged to name diseases after groups of people, places, or animals because it was recognized there was a considerable stigma that came along with that practice that was completely unnecessary and dangerous.