Monkeypox patients in Massachusetts and NYC were experiencing symptoms of the virus for nearly TWO WEEKS before infections were confirmed to the public, CDC reveals

Daily Mail ^ | June 3, 2022 | Mansur Shaheen

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• Both of America's first two monkeypox patients had first experienced symptoms of the virus on May 4
• In the coming days, cases started to appear around Europe, spurring officials to eventually test for the virus in mid-May
• Officials report that all but one U.S. case are among people who either had traveled internationally or were a close contact of another patient
• All but one case, in Northern Virginia, is among a man who has sex with other menTwo men that eventually became America's first two monkeypox cases had sought out treatment for rashes and warts multiple times before doctors finally tested them for the virus in mid-May, after an outbreak had begun in Europe, the CDC reveals.

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  The first patient, in the Boston, Massachusetts area, had first experienced a rash around his anus and genitals on May 4, days before cases of the virus were first popping up around Europe. He was not tested for monkeypox until he was hospitalized due to severe pain.

  A New York City man had experienced a rash on May 4 as well. Doctors thought it was a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and did not consider the rare virus until the case in Massachusetts was announced.

  

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Just in time for “gay pride” month. God has a sense of humor.