Posted on 05/31/2022 12:53:47 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi
U.K. health authorities have urged anyone who tests positive for the monkeypox virus to abstain from sex until their symptoms have cleared.
In new guidance released Monday, the U.K. Health Security Agency also recommended that previously infected persons continue to use condoms for a period of eight weeks after the virus has passed, as a precautionary measure.
The health agency said the risks to the general public remain low, but encouraged people to contact a health professional if they notice any unusual rashes or lesions.
The advice comes after Britain recorded an additional 71 cases of the virus over the weekend, bringing the U.K. total to 179 less than a month after its first case was on May 7.
The U.K. now has the highest monkeypox case count among nonendemic countries, followed by Spain with 120 and Portugal with 96.
As of Monday, there were 555 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox in countries outside of Africa, according to Our World in Data.
Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease typically found in Central and West African countries. Symptoms include rashes, fever, headaches, muscle ache, swelling and backpain.
While the virus is generally mild, usually clearing up on its own within two to four weeks, health experts have voiced concern over the recent spike in cases in countries where monkeypox does not usually spread, and the growing risks of community transmission.
The majority of cases so far have been spread through sex, with a particular concentration of cases occurring within the gay and bisexual communities and men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization.
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How things have changed. Back then Meathead was a sitcom humor sidekick. Now they are in positions of power all through out the US and state governments.
Then why don’t they recommend wearing masks while monkeying around?
Given the visible sores, they’re probably not getting much action anyway.
So I guess it really should be called “spank-the-monkey pox”!
San Francisco health authorities encountered a lot of resistance to closing gay bathhouses after HIV took off. At that time, there was no treatment.
So, monkey business leads to monkey pox...
If someone looks like the pictures I’ve seen, no way anyone would have sex with you, even blind drunk.
good luck with that advice! The butt munchers of the world wouldn’t even stop when they had AIDS.
Nothing will deter them from their depravation.
Hide-the-Salami-pox
Monkey sex has consequences - I’m sure Dr Fubar will allow some form of degenerate sex act to compensate 🤪
England swings like a pendulum do?🙄
Homo perverts? Good luck with that!
Do it for the monkeys.
If you have open sores, do not rub the against other people. Do they not teach this in grade school?
💯👍
Our own dr mengele. What’s not to love?
I see you’re covered with poxes. That’s not monkey pox is it? Cause I don’t want to have sex if those poxes are monkey pox.
We know how the movie ended.
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