So today's random thought
Maybe we should name our deadly diseases happy names? It might improve moral. I mean tuberculosis just sounds bad... and there is no getting around the Bubonic Plague a.k.a. The Black Death! honestly if you have the black death you are probably just going to give up right then and there.
Mononucleosis, SARS, H1N1, Gangrene, Typhoid all have discouraging sounding names, I know that these names are developed to have meaning to the scientific community. However why can't they just give us a cheery name to call it, and have a separate scientific name? Kind of like animals we have dogs, but scientist know them as Canis lupis familiaris. Canis lupis familiaris seems a lot less cuddly and friendly than dog.
Bronchitis isn't even deadly but it sounds terrible! so lets drop these harsh sounding scientific names and go with something happy. Sure if you get the "Doodle Bug" you might only have a 10% chance of surviving but with a name like "doodle bug" you'll be like man I can kick these wimpy disease no problem.
I know you are going to argue... but if you name them something happy it will just come to mean something bad once the disease starts killing people... but really look at Chicken pox, that has a happy name and even though it kills some kids no one is afraid of it.
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