Poxy McPox, Bubbleup and TRUMP-22 are among the list of suggested new names for monkeypox, according to a WHO consultation. 

It has been more than two months since the WHO first announced it wanted to rename the virus, saying the current name was a misnomer given that primates were not the zoonotic source of the virus.

There has also been concern about the name stigmatising those who contract the virus.

So on Friday, it asked the general public to submit potential new names to a consultation — despite the dangers it surely knew this entailed.