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• Chickenstalker@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’ve done away with naming diseases after people. Most new diseases now have descriptive names. E.g., Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

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  • Johandea@feddit.nu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And some diseases are renamed and actively encouraged to not use the old name. A prime example is granulomatosis with polyangitis, formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis. Wegener being a nazi might be a reason for this particular change…

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    • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Idk. If we called a certain cancer “the Hitler disease” that would probably get across how dangerous it is.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same for Asperger’s. Fun fact: you shouldn’t name a condition after someone who tried to eugenics it away, especially in 1930s-1940s Germany, regardless of if they discovered it

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  • iAmTheTot@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    She didn't say anything about naming it after him, she said he gets to name it.

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    • StaticFalconar@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sickymcsickface

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  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah they gave Lou Gehrig the boot in favor of more scientifically-accurate description.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So that Amy is just coincidental?

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• Red_October@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is your chance to codify Ligma as a serious disease. Don’t mess it up.

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• someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Virus McVirusface.

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• Xantar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The “Aaaaaaargh fuck that hurts” virus, causing the “Aaaaaaargh fuck that hurts disease”. Deadly of course .

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• RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How about Steve? Untreatable Steve is a death sentence.

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• simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I choose “tulips.”

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  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What’s better than roses on your piano? Tulips on your organ!

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• WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Easy. I name it “Sparta”. So every time when someone asks me what disease I have I can then say “Disease Sparta!”.

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• gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This would be a lot funier if the question were the other way around and the response was just about him naming it.

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• Hedup@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Glubalstuanusitis

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