Monkeypox is spreading
- Thread starter MrDawn
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Monkeypox was here in the US last July and it was already in the UK as well at that time. I wonder if I look to 2020 if I could find cases then too and maybe this is just a yearly happening?
Maybe the media is trying to redirect our eyes to monkeypox and away from other things like inflation and possible threat of a recession?
Maybe the media is trying to redirect our eyes to monkeypox and away from other things like inflation and possible threat of a recession?
This is almost certainly the result of the eradication of smallpox and the subsequent ending of global smallpox vaccinations in the 80s. The smallpox vaccine also protects against monkeypox so this outbreak is due to declining immunity. People aged 50+ are probably immune.
The virus is not supposed to be particularly infectious so I believe there is some concern about the method of transmission. On the positive side it's rarely fatal.
The virus is not supposed to be particularly infectious so I believe there is some concern about the method of transmission. On the positive side it's rarely fatal.
Joshua Farrell
FP's Housekeeper
I honestly don't think it would be a problem in my area; at-least not majorly. Someone needs to already have it to spread it, and from what I remember, it is one of those ones that transmit during interactions that include openings for transmission. Feel pretty safe here.
Demon_skeith
Paragon
I don't see this becoming a huge deal, with what we have in place already, should hopefully keep things tame.
I was just going to say something similar, but you put it succinctly.
I had smallpox in the 90's. I don't know how I got it, but I never touched people in any sexual way that would cause the spread... I was playing around in school like a stupid kid.
We called it "Chickenpox" but its all the same. Monkeypox is a derivative of smallpox - and Imma push back on the severity of it - it IS bad. The symptoms are similar, your body starts to get these disgusting zit-like dots on the surface of the skin. It ITCHES so much its like getting burnt by sun 24/7. If you pop one open, that burn intensifies. But as a kid you don't know how to leave it alone and let it heal.
The 90's vaccine was early stages of the spread, so THAT vaccine is not in circulation, an advanced version is available thanks to scientific advancement.
It's working on me at least. I got nervous when I saw the articles. 😟
Well, stop. No need to worry. There is a FDA vaccine ready, unlike COVID19.
There's even a shingles vaccine too. But I haven't gotten it yet so I can't speak to how good it is.
But, people are opposed to the COVID19 vaccine because of the mandates. That argument is waning though.
I agree with @Carlos X, there's really nothing to worry about. To date there are approximately only 400 confirmed cases and this particular strain has a very low death rate, said to be below 1% in poor, rural populations. As far as I'm aware there have been no reported deaths.
The only real area of concern is that there is no obvious link between clusters.
Fear not! You aren't very likely to catch it unless somehow the strain has evolved into something different and that probably could only come about by scientists in a lab.
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