Posted on 06/15/2022 3:48:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
World Health Organization experts are debating whether the rare virus's global spread should be considered a public health emergency.
MASSACHUSETTS — Tuesday afternoon the Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed a fourth case of monkeypox in the state.
The particular patient is an adult male who is in isolation, health officials said. Testing was initially completed last Monday at the State Public Health Laboratory in Jamaica Plain and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be handling the remainder of the testing.
On Sunday, health officials confirmed two more cases of monkeypox in Massachusetts, as more than 50 have now been confirmed across the country and 14 cases have been confirmed in New York alone.
"Most of these people have had mild cases, have not been hospitalized, and have recovered on their own," the update states.
But even mild monkeypox illness can yield itchy and painful sores, health officials noted.
The CDC and DPH workers are currently looking to identify anyone who could have come into contact with the patient while he was infectious and didn't know it.
"While we are in this current outbreak, and even though monkeypox remains rare, people are encouraged to be mindful of their health," Department of Public Health State Epidemiologist Dr. Catherine Brown said in a statement. "If you have any symptoms, and especially if you have a rash, it is best to avoid prolonged physical contact with anyone until you are well."
Monkeypox typically spreads by skin-to-skin contact or contact with contaminated clothing or bedding. It's rarely fatal, but patients remain in isolation for safety.
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It’d Pride Month what do you expect
The WHO can take a flyin’ leap.
I thought the term had been put away as being offensive or stigmatizing or some line of 🐂💩 And, if they are growing it in MA, where are they getting the ferilizer to grow it? Is it grown near Waldens Pond?
The WHO is considering renaming monkeypox. How about Pridepox?
can Bigfoot spread monkeypox?
LOL!
How about call it what it actually is - Smallpox.
Oh, thats right... Smallpox is the only virus that has been eliminated with vaccines.....
AnusPox
FecalPox
FaggotPox
FudgePackerPox
Lot’s of names. Leave the poor monkey alone.
Keep your eyes on the ball everyone. We've seen this before. The message will be, "We are all going to get it so we need to mobilize our healthcare system and spend lots of taxpayer dollars, but we don't need to do anything to isolate the high-risk group in question, because its really hard to get it."
Monkeypoke is not an emergency any more than overdoses are. People who willingly gamble with death are simply exercising their free will. This is not an emergency.
There must be a lot of buggery in Massachusetts. Boston being ground zero for sodomites.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for the LGBT Foundation to address?
You misspelled “priDEMONth”.
No mention in the story that 99.99% of the cases are gay men.
Homopox.
Homopox is more descriptive.
Or Buttpox.
sorry, I am not interested in the latest fag disease. They reap what they sow.
P Town Pox.
Close down Homosexual Pride month
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