Posted on 05/22/2022 12:28:53 PM PDT by Morgana
Belgium has become the first country to introduce a compulsory 21-day monkeypox quarantine - as 14 countries now confirm outbreaks o f the viral disease and doctors warn of a 'significant rise' in UK cases
Those who contract the virus will now have to self-isolate for three weeks, Belgian health authorities have said, after three cases were recorded in the country.
The infections, the first of which was recorded on Friday, are all linked to a festival in the port city of Antwerp.
It comes as doctors have warned that the UK faces a 'significant' rise in infections and the government's response is 'critical' in containing its spread.
Dr Claire Dewsnap, president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, has also said the outbreak could have a 'massive impact' on access to sexual health services in Britain.
It comes as Dr Susan Hopkins, a chief medical adviser to the UK Health Security Agency, today also warned that monkeypox is spreading through community transmission in the UK with more cases being detected daily.
Sajid Javid yesterday revealed another 11 Britons had tested positive for the virus, taking the total to 20.
The cases include a British child currently in a critical condition at a London hospital, while a further 100 infections have been recorded in Europe.
Dr Dewsnap told Sky News: 'Our response is really critical here.
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Respiratory transmission is going to be the tough one.
And yet... MonkeyPox is not typically known as an airborne disease...
Funny that...
Let’s see how soon Biden restricts air travel and is called a racist.
That is the only thing that you have to know in order to see where this is all headed.
Good for Belgium.
They should be contact tracing and quarantining those people as well.
The push back on 2 years of Covid restrictions will cause authorities to be less vigilant with this one.
This disease should be easier contained. If you can contain it early, there will be no need for further controls.
Here we go again....
I said it for COVID but Monkeypox is more fitting... If the Government/Fauci says shoving a banana 🍌 up your azz will reduce transmission we’d have a shortage of bananas and 50% plus of people walking funny.
Not this week
Here's what else Dr. Mountain Dewsnap had to say:
'In terms of the infection and its consequences for individuals, I'm not that concerned,' Dr. Dewsnap, president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, later told BBC Radio 4.'But I am concerned about our ability to maintain good sexual health services and access for everyone while still managing this new infection.'
Dr Dewsnap also called for 'adequate funding' for sexual health services.
She told BBC Breakfast: 'Over the last 10 years, there's been a significant decrease in funding through the public health budget.
'And that has seen a direct effect on staffing level and that means we have less capacity to see people."
Dr. Mountain Dewsnap says it's a mild infection, but she's not above using it to beg for more NIH money money moneeeeeey. L. O. F. L.
community transmission
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They misspelled
SODOMY.
Fauxi must be watched very closely, he would love nothing more than a gay plague crossing over into the normal population. He would facilitate it if he was offered the opportunity.
Yeah, I said it Dr. Mengele, sue me! FUFauci!
Bill Gates knew this was coming.
Micky’s monkey least affected.
Seems that reapplying sodomy laws and enforcing them would be much more effective...
Here in the USA...we quarantine everyone.
Belgium is the birthplace of the pox from what I’ve read. It all started at some freak gay event they have.
Odd how the hits keep coming. Almost as if it was planned. /s
Midterms are coming up
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