Only in these times would we see official objections and lobbying to have the name of an infectious disease changed just because some overly sensitive people have incredibly managed to find something to be offended by within the name of the disease.
There is truly no hope for the human race, I'll leave this here for you to decide how offensive it is and how important it is to worry about trivialities such as this rather than focus on prevention and cure of the disease - https://apple.news/AQ2k31AKzSZubggsl7ymIxA.