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So apparently Monkeypox is a thing...?

akimbo009

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Apparently...

www.bbc.com

Monkeypox cases investigated in Europe, US, Canada and Australia

Cases of the rare disease are now confirmed in eight European countries, health authorities say.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

Reported in growing numbers in UK, France, US, Australia..

US just bought a bunch of vaccines (converting smallpox vaccines which apparently is also affective against Monkeypox)

fortune.com

U.S. government places $119 million order for 13 million freeze-dried Monkeypox vaccines

Monkeypox has touched down in the U.S. and the government is already moving to secure vaccines.
fortune.com fortune.com

Generally not transmissible from person, or rare, but I guess this is 2022 so even viruses are yolo.
 
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And Belgium ..

Some scientists hypothesis after COVID broke out , we would enter a period of animal viruses .. century even . Fun times ahead ! Better keep living like we do !
 
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FunkMiller

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I see the usual smooth brained suspects on social media are seriously wailing about how the timing of this is deliberate, since Covid is now more under control…

…despite the fact monkeypox is not a new pathogen, and there’s been a vaccine for ages.
 
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Mistake

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FunkMiller said:
I see the usual smooth brained suspects on social media are seriously wailing about how the timing of this is deliberate, since Covid is now more under control…

…despite the fact monkeypox is not a new pathogen, and there’s been a vaccine for ages.
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Media reports this stuff every so often. Mad cow, bird flu, swine flu, west nile, etc etc
 
akimbo009

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I Master l said:
What happened to the monkeys that crashed in Pennsylvania?
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Despite the name, monkeys aren't that common of a source for Monkeypox... Other animals, like Prairie dogs can provide transmission pools.

The unique thing about this outbreak is it's human to human transmission and community spread. That's news. It's also got a 2 - 3 week remission (or previous variants did)... So we don't know how it's spreading but that is in nearly a dozen countries all at once says it's likely been floating for awhile.
 
I Master l

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akimbo009 said:
Despite the name, monkeys aren't that common of a source for Monkeypox... Other animals, like Prairie dogs can provide transmission pools.

The unique thing about this outbreak is it's human to human transmission and community spread. That's news. It's also got a 2 - 3 week remission (or previous variants did)... So we don't know how it's spreading but that is in nearly a dozen countries all at once says it's likely been floating for awhile.
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Can we be confident these infectious disease outbreaks aren’t some sort of bioterrorism?
 
IDKFA

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Monkey Pox isn't as easy to catch as Covid. You could give an infected person a hand job and still be fine as long as you washed your hands afterwards. You'd need to fuck an already infected person to catch it.
 
akimbo009

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IDKFA said:
Monkey Pox isn't as easy to catch as Covid. You could give an infected person a hand job and still be fine as long as you washed your hands afterwards. You'd need to fuck an already infected person to catch it.
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Seems to be different this time.
Fools idol said:
It is a nothing burger, no more harmful than chicken pox. Unpleasant, but not life threatening in any way.
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What? It's a 1% mortality rate, and higher for children. Disfigurement is more severe than chickenpox. It's basically smallpox - which was more virulent - but definitely not chickenpox.
 
IDKFA

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akimbo009 said:
Outside of the other sick burns related to this, that take reads like some bullshit early AIDS analysis. Now Monkeypox is an STD that only effects gay people ..... Mmmm okay.
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I get what you're saying, but the same thing was reported by the BBC as well yesterday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61501679

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says the virus does not usually spread easily and the risk to people is low.

Most of the cases so far are in men who are gay, bisexual or who have sex with men.

That's not to say being gay is factor at all. You could catch it with heterosexual sex, touching an infected persons bed sheets, shaking hands with an infected person etc.
 
Punished Miku

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IDKFA said:
I get what you're saying, but the same thing was reported by the BBC as well yesterday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61501679

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says the virus does not usually spread easily and the risk to people is low.

Most of the cases so far are in men who are gay, bisexual or who have sex with men.

That's not to say being gay is factor at all. You could catch it with heterosexual sex, touching an infected persons bed sheets, shaking hands with an infected person etc.
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Usually the gay sex factor is that rectal tissue lining is very permeable and thin, so it spreads slightly easier than vaginal sex. If hetereosexuals constantly had anal sex it would be similar. And then the secondary factor is just that the gay population is smaller so it's theoretically possible it can spread rapidly among a small group. But I know nothing about Monkeypox so who knows if the transmission is different at all.
 
nocsi

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So do I have to shut down my gloryhole, yes or no? Government never gives clear it guidance for entrepreneurs like me
 
badblue

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In March 2021, the National Threat Initiative (NTI) partnered with the Munich Security Conference to conduct a tabletop exercise on reducing high-consequence biological threats. The report focused specifically on a Monkeypox outbreak.
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Zeroing

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IDKFA said:
Monkey Pox isn't as easy to catch as Covid. You could give an infected person a hand job and still be fine as long as you washed your hands afterwards. You'd need to fuck an already infected person to catch it.
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:( time to get my fleshjack out of the drawer and only practice self love.
 
IDKFA

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Dr_Salt said:
Not wanna be the conspiracy guy but whats up with this 2021 NTI simulation of a monkeypox pandemic with a timeline that starts in May 15 2022 lol.
https://www.nti.org/analysis/articl...spond-to-high-consequence-biological-threats/

To check the timeline download the full simulation PDF.
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I thought you were kidding. Checked the article date and saw it was November last year. From the article.

Developed in consultation with technical and policy experts, the fictional exercise scenario portrayed a deadly, global pandemic involving an unusual strain of monkeypox virus

I'm certain this is just a huge coincidence, but IIRC, wasn't there the same sort of simulation with world leaders involving Covid a few months before the Covid outbreak in 2020?
 
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