GrymEdm@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agoYour memory will live forever in textbooks.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13imageYour memory will live forever in textbooks.lemmy.worldGrymEdm@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareChickenstalker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThey’ve done away with naming diseases after people. Most new diseases now have descriptive names. E.g., Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
minus-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoAnd 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…
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIdk. If we called a certain cancer “the Hitler disease” that would probably get across how dangerous it is.
minus-squareblackluster117@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWe do, it’s formally known as Fascism.
They’ve done away with naming diseases after people. Most new diseases now have descriptive names. E.g., Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
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…
Idk. If we called a certain cancer “the Hitler disease” that would probably get across how dangerous it is.
We do, it’s formally known as Fascism.
And it’s contagious