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Could monkeypox become a pandemic? Here's everything you need to know
New Scientist ^ | 20 May 2022 | Michael Le Page

Posted on 05/20/2022 10:52:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Dozens of confirmed and suspected cases have been reported worldwide to date, some with no obvious origin, which means the virus could be spreading undetected This article has been viewed 575 times in the last 3 hours.

There is growing concern about an outbreak of monkeypox, with dozens of confirmed cases and more emerging by the day.

Here is what we know so far:

What is monkeypox?

Monkeypox is a disease caused by a virus that, as the name suggests, usually spreads among monkeys in Central and West Africa, but occasionally jumps to people, causing small outbreaks.

It was first spotted in monkeys in labs in 1958. The first human case was identified in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970.

How many cases are there in the current outbreak?

At time of publication, 109 monkeypox cases are either confirmed or suspected worldwide, according to a list of reports being compiled by Moritz

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To: nickcarraway
It was first spotted in monkeys in labs in 1958.

It was first created in monkeys in labs in 1958.

21 posted on 05/21/2022 4:58:53 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: nickcarraway

Africa. Monkey pox. Imagine if Trump were president and he talked about Monkey pox coming from Africa. The entire leftist establishment would go hog wild with hysterical rage and call Trump racist.


22 posted on 05/21/2022 5:04:04 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A totally corrupt media willingly lies to protect a totally corrupt administration. )
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To: nickcarraway

Banana shortage!


23 posted on 05/21/2022 5:27:37 AM PDT by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz )
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To: nickcarraway

Could be. I’m thinking October-ish.


24 posted on 05/21/2022 6:12:50 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: nickcarraway

Monkeypox... The new covid and I mention to the masked covid cultist idiots if Fauci said shoving a banana up your azz would prevent covid infection 50% of the country would comply and there’d be a banana shortage.

Makes more sense now with monkeypox!!


25 posted on 05/21/2022 6:17:01 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

If it is desired by Gates and Soros that monkeypox become a pandemic then monkeypox will become a pandemic, politically, if not biologically.


26 posted on 05/21/2022 6:20:52 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe i)
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To: Harpotoo

That didn’t stop the official HIV/AIDS panic when that started and we were assured by government that it was a universal affliction and we were all at risk.


27 posted on 05/21/2022 6:27:00 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe l)
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To: muir_redwoods

People still have their Ukraine decorations up, and now it’s monkeypox season.


28 posted on 05/21/2022 6:41:24 AM PDT by delchiante
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To: cincinnati65

71 cases?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Midwest_monkeypox_outbreak


29 posted on 05/21/2022 6:49:47 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: nickcarraway

The left/deep state will see to it.


30 posted on 05/21/2022 7:25:31 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith… )
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To: SaveFerris

Because of the homo lifestyle, anonymous sexual promiscuity becomes a major conduit for STDs. I believe Monkeypox is a STD, but the politically correct won’t recognize it as such.

Lucky for me, my Smallpox vaccine will protects me from Monkeypox if it mutated into an airborne virus. Otherwise, not being a promiscuous homo helps everyone.


31 posted on 05/23/2022 10:57:32 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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