Posted on 07/16/2021 5:35:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Monkeypox is a rare but potentially serious viral illness that typically begins with flu-like symptoms and swelling of the lymph nodes, progressing to a widespread rash on the face and body. Most infections last two to four weeks. Monkeypox is in the same family of viruses as smallpox but causes a milder infection.
In this case, CDC laboratory testing showed the patient is infected with a strain of monkeypox most commonly seen in parts of West Africa, including Nigeria. Infections with this strain are fatal in about 1 in 100 people, according to a CDC statement. However, rates can be higher in people with weakened immune systems. There is no proven safe treatment for monkeypox virus infection.
The patient developed a rash just before departing Nigeria, but the rash worsened after the person returned home to Dallas, according to an official familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter because of the ongoing probe. The person went to the hospital Tuesday. Clinicians quickly made the diagnosis based on the symptoms and recent travel history from Nigeria. By then, the person had developed the characteristic symptoms: rashes on their face and elsewhere on the body.
Authorities said they have interviewed the patient and close contacts who were exposed and determined there is very little risk to general public. People who do not have symptoms are not capable of spreading the virus to others.
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The 80’s?? We heard about it as kids in the 50’s.
There's no need to reinvent the wheel. The existing vaccines against Smallpox also work very well against other orthopox viruses like Monkeypox. The Germans developed a safer Smallpox vaccine back in the 1960's that would be useful.
Well, we have travel from all parts of the world. We now probably host viruses that we do not even know about at the moment.
But after a few hundred years, the virus distribution should be uniform world wide...but what will we humans have become?
I’ll take just about anything rather than a human/clam hybrid.
Ellis Agee
Y’all have to wear 5 masks, triple goggles and a propeller hat for this one, in addition to getting “the jab” three times a week for the next 16 years.
Should not be eating monkeys
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Or spanking them.
‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
That right there, is downright funny.
How would a virus endemic to Nigeria end up in Texas?
Let us all ponder that question for a moment.
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I wonder .........
Let us all ponder that question for a moment.
…the rash worsened after the person returned home to Dallas
I suggest we not let Texans leave the Republic, or at least not let them return if they do.
For the safety of the other states…
Buy the book ‘Plague of Corruption’
Judy Mikovits warns about retro-virus.
Look back at my previous comment. What happened in 1958?
The first Ebola case in the US was in Dallas, too.
The proper term is permanent resident as in a green card holder. This person is part of Dallas’ large as in thousands of legal perm resident who are Nigerians. There is a large concentration of them in the East Dallas Lake Highlands area. Enough to have restaurants and grocery stores specifically of Nigerian origin. The USA doesn’t have travel restrictions for citizens or permanent residents currently. Some countries have restrictions against us but we are free to travel out and back into the USA with little restrictions as the Supreme Court’s held as a right for citizens and our permanent residents. Visa holders currently also can enter and leave at will right now but they hold less travel rights than a citizen or Permanent resident who incidentally can also buy and own firearms in the USA they have essentially all the rights and privileges of citizenship minus the right to vote at the federal level. The States let permanent residents vote in some states as is their tenth amendment right to allow that in state or local elections.
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