[NON-BUSINESS] Monkeypox is in the UK

#1

Great covid-19, avian flu now monkeypox, 2022 is not going too well for infectious diseases.

"Two people diagnosed with monkeypox in London, health officials confirm

It comes after a person who had recently travelled to Nigeria tested positive for the disease after arriving in England. Health officials say they are now investigating where the two latest cases picked up the infection."

https://news.sky.com/story/two-people-d ... m-12612633

#2

No plans to go on vacation to Nigeria

#3

This will need a vaccine

#4

We do not eat monkeys so it is not as bad as mad cow disease.....

#5

monkeypox sounds funny

#6

Let's hope it will just be a small spread and not spread all over the world

#7

We have a vaccine for smallpox so I see a good chance one for this new disease will come about over time.

#8

Just saw this on Yahoo.com

'A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in a man in Massachusetts.

The man is hospitalized and in good condition, and his case "poses no risk to the public," according to state officials.

The case comes on the heels of reported monkeypox clusters in the UK, Portugal, and Spain.'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-us-mon ... 32165.html

#9

Why is it called monkeypox, did it start in monkeys?

#10

It is now spreading here too, not what we need going into Summer after 2 Summers of Covid-19.

#11

calista wrote: ↑
May 19th, 2022, 9:26 am
Why is it called monkeypox, did it start in monkeys?

Doubt it but it is giving monkeys a bad name

#12

It can not be as hard as the covid-19 was to come up with a vaccine , it seems to be similar to smallpox

#13

Here goes mandatory self isolation again.....

"Belgium become first country to introduce compulsory monkeypox quarantine: Anyone testing positive must isolate for 21 days as 14 countries now confirm outbreaks and doctors warn of 'significant rise' in UK cases"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... weeks.html

#14

Apparently we already have a vaccine for monkeypox. Its the smallpox vaccine. Trouble is that there's not much smallpox vaccine about seeing as smallpox was eradicated back in the late 70s

Thankfully its not airborne so its got almost no chance of becoming a pandemic like covid.

#15

tacnet wrote: ↑
May 22nd, 2022, 12:34 pm
Apparently we already have a vaccine for monkeypox. Its the smallpox vaccine. Trouble is that there's not much smallpox vaccine about seeing as smallpox was eradicated back in the late 70s

Thankfully its not airborne so its got almost no chance of becoming a pandemic like covid.

This is what I have heard too