Posted on 07/30/2022 1:28:01 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Monkeypox cases continue to rise in Minnesota and across the country. There are now 5,189 infections nationwide across all but three states.
“I feel like I heard the word monkeypox and I got it and that’s how quickly it happened,” said Kyle Benter. “It’s spreading even faster now.”
Benter has been battling the virus for about two weeks, after having contact with a friend who also later tested positive.
“I actually got it from contact with literally one person,” said Benter. “A lot of people think its people out there having a ton of sex, touching a ton of people, going to clubs, going to parties, or whatever.”
The University of Minnesota graduate now lives in Chicago. He said symptoms started with exhaustion and chills but he didn’t initially think he was getting sick. During a routine doctor’s visit, his physician discovered a swollen lymph node. Benter said the lesions soon started appearing all over his body.
“Every day I was like ‘it’s going to get better, tomorrow it’s going to get better’,” he said. “And it gets worse and it gets worse.”
The pain was so severe, Benter went to the emergency room.
“I was like ‘Can I please for the love of God have something for the pain because it is so unbearable at this point, it’s excruciating it affects every aspect of my life, I can’t even sleep properly’,” he described.
Illinois has reported more than 400 cases, the third highest state in the country. The number of infections in Minnesota has grown from 19 to 33 cases within a week.
“The majority cases are among gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men,” said State Epidemiologist Dr. Ruth Lynfield. “It just happened that it is currently circulating in this group but it can happen to anybody that has close physical contact.”
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the majority of cases are in the Twin Cities metro area. A case has now been identified in Greater Minnesota as well. The infections have been among men 18 to 55 years old, with a median age of 37 years old.
“If you or your partner have recently been sick, currently have been sick or have a new or unexplained rash, do not engage in close skin to skin contact, including sex, and see a healthcare provider,” said Dr. Lynfield.
The virus is spread through prolonged skin-to-skin contact, including direct contact with a monkeypox rash, scabs or bodily fluids from a person with monkeypox. According to Dr. Lynfield, it can also spread through contact with fabrics, including bedding, clothing, or towels, that were used by an infected person. In addition, respiratory droplets can pass the illness from one person to another.
There is a vaccine available for those who have been exposed or who are at a higher risk of exposure.
According to MDH, there are about 3,000 doses available statewide and another 7,600 doses are expected to be distributed in the next four to six weeks.
The two-dose Jynneos vaccine is provided by the federal government. It is not typically commercially available or stocked by healthcare providers, according to MDH.
“We know that that amount is not nearly enough for the tens of thousands of people estimated to be at high risk in Minnesota,” said Dr. Lynfield. “Vaccine alone cannot stop the spread of this outbreak, practicing preventive measures in addition to vaccine is critical.”
MDH is distributing the vaccines it receives from the federal government to local healthcare providers and health departments.
“I wish there were more places to give out vaccines,” said Jamieson Fang, who lives in Saint Paul.
Fang called Red Door Clinic in Minneapolis to schedule a vaccine after seeing new monkeypox cases in the Twin Cities, including among friends about a month ago.
“Since the disease kind of came into the United States, it’s been in the back of my mind but once some friends are telling me they got the virus in Minneapolis, I started to worry about the spread of the virus,” said Fang. “I just want to be proactive, protect myself and my friends from getting the virus.”
Fang got the first dose last week and will return for the second shot in about a month. According to health officials, the two doses are given about 28 days apart.
“The vaccine itself is quick and easy, not painful […] I have no side effects at all,” said Fang. “I don’t want anyone to suffer that kind of disease so be proactive and get vaccinated.”
Benter also encourages people to seek out a vaccine to prevent further spread.
“It’s traumatizing, it’s really, really bad,” said Benter of the illness. “It’s absolutely important to get out there and get the vaccine.”
I don’t think I need to worry about Monkey Pox, unless the government uses the disease (virus?) to further erode my liberties. So, I think I will take a pass on the vaccine. I suspect I will be taking a pass on all vaccines the government officials push on the public from here on out.
After having contact with a friend.
You don’t even have to do that! Poison packets of Pride. Spreading their diseases all over da’ place. When will the f*g hags see what they be messin’ wit’?
Can a vaccinated person still pass it around?
Thanks for that median age, article writer.
I guess 37 was too difficult to calculate with just the first part.
With Common Core Math I mean.
The median isn't the average. It's the value at which 50% are higher and 50% are lower. In a normal distribution, the mode, median, and average are the same. You can't say from the the data given what the median would be unless they told you.
I’ve been trying to watch the ages of the infected but didn’t catch all.
So far what I have noticed is people getting infected have another common factor………they were not vaccinated with the Small Pox vaccine.as that ended in the early 70s.
Good Lord.
I wonder if social services is going to investigate those situations?
Ten years ago they definitely would have. Not so sure anymore.
Animal rights activists should be thrilled—many lives of lab rats have been saved by going to directly to human medical experimentation.
good thing Elton John is probably too old to bed hundreds of guys like in the old days. It is a miracle he didnt get AIDS
If you need a laugh I came across this today. I exercise to some of Dua Lipa’s music. She did a collaboration with Elton John. This video is trippy. I laughed and said WTF am I watching all throughout it. Kind of reminds me of the North Korean Tyrant tripping out on acid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qod03PVTLqk
So far what I have noticed is people getting infected have another common factor………they were not vaccinated with the Small Pox vaccine.as that ended in the early 70s.
My pediatrician insisted on getting my brother and me vaccinated against Smallpox before the vaccine was withdrawn. We got vaccinated before 1972 when we switched doctors for other reasons.
It's probably difficult to find many people younger than 55 years old today who got a routine childhood Smallpox vaccination. The issue I see is that even promiscuous people tend to decrease the numbers of sexual partners by the time they get into their fifties.
OMG OMG OMG! It's like covid all over again!!!
“Monkey pox is a pain in the behind….opps that was someone else”
“Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out, to be a pain in the ...”
Yeah I could see that
These Rump Rangers will ignore common sense in order to fulfill their addiction to non vaginal sex. If they were told to abstain from sex for a month, they would lash out with ‘Nobody’s going to tell me to abstain!’ An expert at John Hopkins University, Amesh Adalja, has warned that individuals who have been affected by this ailment can spread the infection for up to four weeks after showing symptoms. If they followed this simple one month abstinence program they could totally eliminate Monkeypox from the U.S. However, these Rump Rangers would do the opposite. No one month, 8 inch, socially distancing rules for them!
Even if we stopped Monkeypox in its tracks in the U.S., another flaming Rump Ranger will entered the U.S. and pass his stinking disease around like it was gum drops. I think anyone crossing our borders, getting on board a vessel or airline to the U.S. needs to get a clear bill of health and the U.S. CDC and CBP must step up their entry screening to get a long lead in the race with these Rump Rangers. Dems. are you reading this? We need medical screening on our Southern Border!
The addiction of promiscuity will lead to Monkeypox’s spread to other groups. Its ability at produce severe cases could become apparent should the virus spread to more immunologically vulnerable groups (people with HIV). Young children, pregnant women and the immunocompromised are considered particularly vulnerable to the virus. Transmission can also occur via the placenta from mother to fetus (which can lead to congenital monkeypox) or during close contact during and after birth.
Complications of monkeypox can include secondary infections, bronchopneumonia (pneumonia that causes inflammation in the alveoli), sepsis (a extreme response to an infection that becomes a life-threatening medical emergency), encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), and infection of the cornea with ensuing loss of vision.
Probably not as casual contact transmission among family members is common.
The point is, eventually it’s going to jump from their children into the schools if they don’t get this outbreak under control before school starts up.
Eventually, somebody with compromised health will catch it and die and then the CDC and media will start the hysterics to disrupt another election.
Austin, TX just got 1500 doses of the vax. The reporter was stumbling all over while reporting. Don’t know if he was worried about catching it or was trying not to laugh.
Stop sodomizing other men. Problem solved.
If he’d have kept it in his pants, mebbe he wouldn’t be facing these problems.
Clearly the intended audience for that video is people on drugs.
Now that’s funny! You win the thread!
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