'We shouldn't have been putting up pictures of just black and brown skin,' Birx told Newsweek.
for causing confusion in their monkeypox guidance relating to its transmission. It published guidance saying travelers should wear masks to prevent its spread, but then deleted this advice to avoid"confusion."
"I think that's where we made mistakes and continue to make mistakes. We need to talk about individual health and how that impacts population health." Birx said that it is important to remember that it was smallpox that"allowed [scientists] to understand vaccinations" in the first place. The World Health Organization recently announced its intent to change the name of monkeypox in order to avoid racial stigmatization and discrimination.
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