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What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin
The Conversation ^ | May 20, 2022 | Rodney E Rohde

Posted on 05/22/2022 9:02:51 PM PDT by House Atreides

On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient who had recently traveled to Canada. Cases have also been reported in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Monkeypox isn’t a new disease. The first confirmed human case was in 1970, when the virus was isolated from a child suspected of having smallpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Monkeypox is unlikely to cause another pandemic, but with COVID-19 top of mind, fear of another major outbreak is understandable. Though rare and usually mild, monkeypox can still potentially cause severe illness….

…I’m a researcher who has worked in public health and medical laboratories for over three decades, especially in the realm of diseases with animal origins. What exactly is happening in the current outbreak, and what does history tell us about monkeypox?…

Because monkeypox is closely related to smallpox, the smallpox vaccine can provide protection against infection from both viruses. Since smallpox was officially eradicated, however, routine smallpox vaccinations for the U.S. general population were stopped in 1972. Because of this, monkeypox has been appearing increasingly in unvaccinated people.

Transmission

The virus can be transmitted through contact with an infected person or animal or contaminated surfaces. Typically, the virus enters the body through broken skin, inhalation or the mucous membranes in the eyes, nose or mouth. Researchers believe that human-to-human transmission is mostly through inhalation of large respiratory droplets rather than direct contact with bodily fluids or indirect contact through clothes. Human-to-human transmission rates for monkeypox have been limited.

Health officials are worried the virus may currently be spreading undetected through community transmission, possibly through a new mechanism or route. Where and how infections are occurring are still under investigation.…

(Excerpt) Read more at theconversation.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: gay; gaydiseas; gaypride; lgbtq; monkeypox; smallpox
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To: 9YearLurker

Yes, I agree with the writer that the monkey pox clamor is FEAR PORN.


21 posted on 05/22/2022 11:11:56 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX!)
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To: Myrddin
It seems the top Monkeypox researcher, Robert Mark Buller, died in a biking accident shortly after stating that vaccines were not a recommend control strategy. Buller did some gain of function research that was related to oversight by Anthony Fauci. In the lab, Buller was able to tweak the virus such that it had a 100% mortality in his research mice regardless of vaccine or antiviral treatment strategies.

And nothing about all that is suspicious, right?

22 posted on 05/22/2022 11:16:37 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith… )
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To: House Atreides

Monkey pox is what happens to people who do it with monkeys. Don’t ask me to feel sorry for any of them or to alter my lifestyle in any way or manner over the business.


23 posted on 05/22/2022 11:46:37 PM PDT by ganeemead
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To: metmom

It sounds about right in this awful timeline.


24 posted on 05/23/2022 12:10:54 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: House Atreides

What is that nasty, little, twerp Fauci doing these days?


25 posted on 05/23/2022 12:28:40 AM PDT by madison10
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To: House Atreides

Is it true monkeypox or genetically modified in a lab kind?


26 posted on 05/23/2022 3:40:05 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: House Atreides

Symptoms, transmission, morbidity, don’t really matter. Monkey pox has been placed in the world news, no one understands it, we must trust CDC and WHO to protect us. The scam is loaded and ready for political manipulation when needed.


27 posted on 05/23/2022 3:44:24 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: JD_UTDallas

the smallpox vaccine is now believed to offer lasting immunity...

I’ll be damned, a vaccine that does what vaccines are supposed to do under the original meaning of a vaccine... You know before they changed it for the gene therapy jab.


28 posted on 05/23/2022 3:45:23 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: TexasGator

Depends on the acronym.. STD

SPREAD THROUGH DEMOCRATS.


29 posted on 05/23/2022 3:50:00 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: JD_UTDallas

From the Merck Manual. The entry for Monkeypox written in 2020 states,

“Person-to-person transmission occurs inefficiently and is thought to occur primarily through large respiratory droplets via prolonged face-to-face contact.”

From the National Library of Medicine updated Feb 2022

“Transmission can occur through contact with bodily fluids, skin lesions, or respiratory droplets of infected animals directly or indirectly via contaminated fomites. Although human-to-human transmission occurs, disease spread between humans is limited.”

Low level, routine public health measures such as isolation and monitoring of infected persons. It makes sense for them to keep lesions covered and wear a surgical mask.

You can be sure the fear porn is getting ramped up though.


30 posted on 05/23/2022 3:50:16 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: House Atreides

ElectionPox


31 posted on 05/23/2022 3:51:48 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (If you put anything into my body WITHOUT my consent, IT IS RAPE.)
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To: JD_UTDallas
"Anyone born before 1972 is likely still somewhat immune as the smallpox vaccine is now believed to offer lasting immunity. "

Yes,

Because monkeypox is closely related to smallpox, the smallpox vaccine can provide protection against infection from both viruses. Since smallpox was officially eradicated, however, routine smallpox vaccinations for the U.S. general population were stopped in 1972. Because of this, monkeypox has been appearing increasingly in unvaccinated people.
Thus post boomers are most vulnerable to this typically mild temporary affliction. Which are those most most vulnerable to MSM hype.


32 posted on 05/23/2022 5:44:15 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: House Atreides

Got mine as an infant and have the scar to prove it.
It’s possible I got another in that battery of injections I got in boot camp. Nobody told us what they were, only that we had to take them.


33 posted on 05/23/2022 6:28:13 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them)
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To: House Atreides

Now the ChiCom social media sites are floating the idea that the US CDC unleashed this on them. I assume payback for CV19? Crazy times indeed.


34 posted on 05/23/2022 6:35:02 AM PDT by CodeJockey (Politicians are to America as oligarchs are to Russia. )
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To: metmom
Another paper out today observed that monkeypox is lethal in animals with depleted T cells (CD4+ and CD8+). It is usually a mild infection in animals with an intact immune system. A state of depleted CD4+/CD8+ is associated with AIDS. Where else is this observed? The COVID19 mRNA vaxxed after serial infections with BA.XX variants have T cell depletion. Connect the dots.
35 posted on 05/23/2022 7:37:05 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: House Atreides

I’ve heard to get monkey pox you need to take it up the azz from an infeted person. Is this true?


36 posted on 05/23/2022 8:17:21 AM PDT by rod5591
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To: 1066AD

... a single homosexual “rave” event with much unprotected sex.

Seem to remember the first AIDS cases came from much the same activities . . . . .
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The tissue inside the rectum is akin to wet toilet paper.

Maybe someone with skills could create an info-graphic explaining that to people. Might slow down this particular recent sexual fetish for both sexes. Hint: objects are even worse at inflicting trauma than human genitalia.


37 posted on 05/23/2022 9:50:00 AM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: CodeJockey

“Now the ChiCom social media sites are floating the idea that the US CDC unleashed this on them. I assume payback for CV19? Crazy times indeed.”

I don’t know if CDC unleashed this on the world, or if the CIA did, or it was another One World Government entity. The problem is, we can’t trust CDC or CIA to tell us the truth.

There needs to be a mass purge of the disloyal elements who have inflitrated/infested the US government. Unfortunately, at this point, it is likely too late.


38 posted on 05/23/2022 9:50:27 AM PDT by rod5591
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