"Many Chinese social media users who have spotted men with skin lesions in public have been posting their photos to ask whether it's an mpox symptom. And the Chinese name for mpox - or houdou - has also been thrown around casually as a slur against gay men." ~ Article from 2023....

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/01/1077047/china-public-health-crisis-mpox-outbreak/