PC strikes again

So the WHO wants us to stop using geographical or personal names etc... to describe diseases as this could lead to discrimination. Note the worry - discrimination , not confusion.  No more German measles , swine 'flu  etc... No more Parkinson's. Just think of the interpretation by the public : Parkinson's disease eliminated. Ebola should go as it suggests a place of origin and might give Africa a bad name.  Some rational system for medical nomenclature should be in place , but surely some of this is PC going cuckoo ? Knowing how or where a disease originates may also be helpful in communication with the public even if modern travel makes it less relevant. Perhaps "tropical diseases" will also become a defunct term. No more "zoonotics" ( gives animals an unfortunate image) ? And we all know who was responsible for the spread of the French disease.
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