Monkeypox- why the big fuss?

[Alligatorob]

the smallpox vaccine works against monkeypox as well,

Did not know that, so I looked it up and sure enough the CDC says:

Because Monkeypox virus is closely related to the virus that causes smallpox, the smallpox vaccine can protect people from getting monkeypox. Past data from Africa suggests that the smallpox vaccine is at least 85% effective in preventing monkeypox.

 

[Paco Dennis]

A pox on these monkeys, I say! They ain’t natural! I hear they’re in league with…witches!

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And wouldn’t “seeping lesions” be a great name for a heavy metal band?!

 

[squatting dog]

 

[OneEyedDiva]

People who don't get it...REALLY?!! Have we not learned from HIV and COVID? When HIV first came out people thought because they weren't gay or IV drug users that they had nothing to worry about. Well...we see how that turned out. Those things are very real and have killed thousands of people, including a cousin, a neigjbor and my beloved daughter in law and her twin, each from COVID. These diseases are nothing to be cavalier about! Monkey pox may not be fatal but I keep reading and seeing that the sores hurt like hell. Who would want to risk getting that?! I had chicken pox as a child so I damn sure don't want to get Monkey pox.

 

[rgp]

On most Canadian newscasts the most repeated phrase seems to be that while anyone can get it they emphasize that it is mostly contracted by gay men who have sex with other men.

It is almost like we have regressed back many years when the emphasis was on AIDS and men having sex with men.

And then we found out that ANYONE could get it and did.

Anyone could get it ..... while that may be true , also true that getting it required queer sex activity, sharing needles doing drugs , or someone in the medical field passing on tainted blood.

As such, most of us had nothing to fear...... and did not get it.

 

[rgp]

No, but it has made a lot of media outlets and commentators money. They are just trying to keep that alive.

Exactly !

 

[Alligatorob]

Monkeypox- why the big fuss?

I have no problem with the CDC looking into any illness, this one included. Its their job.

However particularly since Covid politicians see this as a way to get attention and votes, the news media sees it as a way to increase viewers, and government agencies use it to ask for more funding. I think that's why.