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Monkeypox
DIR By: guest55
Date: May 19, 2022, 10:50 pm
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Health officials investigating monkeypox case in Massachusetts
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> The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is
collaborating with Massachusetts health officials on an
investigation into a case of monkeypox, the agency said in a
statement. #CNN #News
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Re: Monkeypox
DIR By: guest55
Date: May 20, 2022, 11:54 am
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Monkeypox outbreak doubles as a further UK 11 cases identified
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> CASES of monkeypox have doubled in the UK as a further 11
infections have been confirmed.
>
> Earlier this week it was revealed that the latest infected
Britons live in London and the South East.
>
> Health Secretary Sajid Javid today announced that he had
updated the G7 on the situation in the UK.
>
> In a tweet this afternoon, he said the UK Health Security
Agency (UKHSA) had identified a further 11 cases.
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> This brings the total to 20 cases in the UK.
>
> He added: "Most cases are mild, and I can confirm we have
procured further doses of vaccines that are effective against
monkeypox."
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Concern grows as more countries detect monkeypox | DW News
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> The UK and other European countries have reported a small
number of human monkeypox infections, a virus rarely seen in
Europe. The US, Canada and Australia are also investigating
cases. Health services remain puzzled over how the virus is
transmitted.
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> Human monkeypox leads to skin irritations with pustules and
blisters that eventually burst and then scab over, though they
rarely leave scars. The infection is similar to normal pox
(smallpox or variola).
>
> The cases registered in the United Kingdom have been reported
as the West African strain, which is relatively mild compared to
the Central African variant. The illness generally runs its
course within three to four weeks. The West African strain is
seldom deadly — and when it is, it's mostly in small children.
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> As a precaution, Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has issued a
warning for Germany, urging citizens to be vigilant.
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Re: Monkeypox
DIR By: guest55
Date: May 22, 2022, 1:32 pm
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Monkeypox outbreak is "unusual", says infectious disease expert
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> Dr Charlotte Hammer, an expert in emerging infectious
diseases, says the rising number of Monkeypox cases in the UK is
"unusual" and that's why people are concerned.
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Re: Monkeypox
DIR By: guest55
Date: May 25, 2022, 11:40 am
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Monkeypox cases continue to rise, Germany orders 40,000 vaccines
| World News | WION
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> Monkeypox has caused panic around the world. Over 250 cases of
the disease have been confirmed in at least 16 countries but the
WHO says it is still containable.
>
> #Monkeypox #Germany #WorldNews
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U.S. investigates more cases of suspected monkeypox
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> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there are
four more suspected cases of monkeypox being investigated in the
U.S. The World Health Organization said many of those infected
identify as gay and bisexual men, but emphasized that anyone can
develop and spread monkeypox. Dr. Jon LaPook has more details.
>
> #monkeypox #news
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Re: Monkeypox
DIR By: guest55
Date: May 25, 2022, 12:40 pm
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Did Russia Consider Using Monkeypox As A Bioweapon After The
Collapse Of The Soviet Union?
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> Former deputy head of the biological weapons program, Kanat
Alibekov shocked the world when he claimed the USSR was
exploring the options of using Monkeypox as a bioweapon. The
revelation came at a time when Russia had invaded Ukraine over
Donbas. In this episode of DeCode, we examine the claims made by
Alibekov and look at if a country can be punished for using
bioweapons.
> #RussiaUkraineWar #Bioweapons #Monkeypox
> 0:00 - INTRODUCTION
> 1:34 - WAS SOVIET UNION USING MONKEYPOX AS A BIOWEAPON?
> 3:48 - WHAT IS MONKEYPOX?
> 8:23 - CAN A COUNTRY FACE PUNISHMENT FOR USING BIOWEAPONS?
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This video also covers the speculation in regards to Covid-19
being a bioweapon as well.
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Re: Monkeypox
DIR By: guest55
Date: May 28, 2022, 11:18 am
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Monkeypox Is Here and COVID Truthers Are Losing It
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> Hundreds of cases and chatter about vaccines has sent
conspiracy theorists into a full-on meltdown.
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> Public health experts and most mainstream media outlets have
spent much of the last week or two assuring people that
monkeypox is not the new COVID-19.
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> Sure, the global outbreak of a couple hundred cases of a
disease usually confined to clusters in Africa is odd and not
yet well understood, and after two years of COVID, news of a
virus potentially doing something new inevitably has people on
edge. But unlike the novel coronavirus, several experts on the
disease told The Daily Beast, monkeypox is a known entity. It
doesn’t spread all that easily between humans, nor, to experts’
current understanding, asymptomatically. So few see any cause
for widespread concern—and no actual experts or officials of any
note appear to be calling for COVID-style control measures.
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> “...within hours of reports on Biden’s statements on the
outbreak, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out, “How long till the WHO
and CDC lock us down again for the coming #Monkeypoxalypse?””
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Re: Monkeypox
DIR By: guest55
Date: May 29, 2022, 9:14 pm
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I've never seen Monkeypox spread like this before
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> Monkeypox is spreading around the globe in a way that hasn't
been spread before. Scientists at CDC collaborate with the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials to
investigate a situation in which a U.S. resident tested positive
for monkeypox on May 18 after returning to the U.S. from Canada.
They’re also tracking multiple clusters of monkeypox cases
reported this month in several countries that don’t usually
report monkeypox, including Europe and North America. This is
why it becomes such a concern.
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> It’s not clear how people in those clusters were exposed to
the monkeypox virus, but some of the known causes include people
who self-identify as men who have sex with men. 
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> So let's jump into what monkeypox is and the most important
things you need to know – what causes it, how to prevent it, the
symptoms, and its treatment. Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus, and
it was first isolated in the late 1950s from a colony of sick
monkeys. The virus itself is basically the brother of the
smallpox virus, but person-to-person spread and mortality are
MUCH smaller compared to smallpox. It is widely believed that
the monkeypox virus has infected humans for thousands of years
in sub-Saharan Africa but wasn’t actually identified as a cause
of disease in HUMANS until the 1970s in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo. Of all the reported 59 cases in the 1970s, 17% of
them died.
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> How did these individuals get it?
> They were exposed to small forest animals, like rodents,
squirrels, and monkeys.
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> With the African outbreak from 1996 to 1998, the mortality
rate was 5%. The first outbreak of monkeypox in the Western
Hemisphere occurred in the United States in 2003. This virus is
typically acquired through contact with an infected animal's
bodily fluids or through a bite. Monkeys and humans are
incidental hosts. The most likely culprit animal for being the
reservoir host…rodents. Including prairie dogs.
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> That US outbreak in 2003 consisted of 71 cases in the US; they
identified and traced the infection back to prairie dogs, which
appeared to have acquired the virus from African rodents when
the two species were housed at a distribution center in
Illinois. It’s also important to note that a complex exposure,
such as a bite wound from an infected animal, is more likely to
cause severe infection than a non-complex exposure, such as
simply touching the prairie dog. Although person-to-person
transmission could not be excluded, most human cases had direct
exposure to animals.
>
> But unfortunately, Human-to-human transmission can also occur.
One way is via large respiratory droplets. But unlike COVID, the
virus isn’t really good at spreading this way. For example,
droplet transmission likely requires prolonged face-to-face
contact for 3+ hours. This virus is more likely to spread when
close contact with infectious skin lesions, especially during
sex.
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> All in all, most of those cases were identified in men who
have sex with men. So what happens if you get the virus? The
incubation time, meaning the time of exposure to the time of
developing the illness, is about 12 days….but most monkeypox
infections are asymptomatic. If you do get symptoms, you’re
looking for fevers, chills, muscle aches, and swollen lymph
nodes, with the famous painful, non-itchy rash you see in all
the pictures. Typically, about 2 days after the fever starts,
the rash appears on the chest and back and spreads outward to
the palms and soles of the feet. The lesions are around 0.5 to 1
centimeter in size. They start out as spots and then progress
over the next few weeks to form vesicles and pustules, and in
the end, they scab up and slough off.
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Re: Monkeypox
DIR By: Nurgle
Date: August 17, 2024, 12:24 pm
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Africa pox emergency: More than 500 people have died since start
of year
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> New figures are revealing the scale of the Mpox epidemic in
Africa. The African Union says 517 people have died since the
start of the year. It says there are nearly 15 thousand
suspected cases - although 3,000 have been confirmed. The
outbreak started last year in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Mpox virus moves to Sweden as DRC remains most impacted | DW
News
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> The World Health Organization has declared a global public
health emergency - over an outbreak of a new strain of the MPOX
virus in Africa.
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> The virus was formerly known as monkeypox and can be passed on
through close contact. It causes flu-like symptoms and lesions
on the body, and can be deadly. It's now been detected in at
least 13 African countries and Sweden, but the Democratic
republic of Congo has been hit particularly hard.
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> Chapters:
> 0:00 WHO declares emergency over outbreak
> 2:55 Salim Abdool Karim, Epidemiologist and director of
CAPRISA
> 8:22 Kai Kupferschmidt, Science Journalist and Molecular
Biologist
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“It Is A MORE LETHAL Variant” | Mpox Virus Spreads To Europe
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> UK health chiefs are gearing up for the possibility of a new
strain of the mpox virus hitting the country, though they stress
the risk remains low for now.
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> This caution comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO)
declared a global health emergency on Wednesday, following
alarming outbreaks of the virus in west and central Africa.
Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a highly contagious
virus that causes painful skin lesions and can be deadly in
severe cases.
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> The UK is wasting no time in getting ready, with plans already
in motion to ensure healthcare workers across the country can
spot the telltale signs of mpox and have rapid tests at the
ready.
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> The concern has ramped up after a case of mpox was confirmed
in Sweden, where a person was infected after visiting an African
region grappling with the disease.
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> Alex Phillips speaks with Professor of Medicine at East Anglia
University, Paul Hunter.
>
> #news #uk #europe #sweden #health #mpox #talk #talkradio
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