Posted on 08/15/2024 6:01:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The new and more dangerous strain of the mpox virus has been detected in Sweden, health authorities announced Thursday, marking the first time the pathogen has been found outside continental Africa.
A person who sought clinical care in the Stockholm region was found to have mpox -- previously called monkeypox -- caused by the rapidly spreading variant known as Clade I, Sweden's Public Health Authority announced.
The World Health Organization this week classified the spread of mpox Clade I in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries as an international emergency and a threat to human health.
It's the second time in two years mpox has been deemed a worldwide emergency by the WHO. Mpox infected nearly 100,000 people, killing roughly 200, during the 2022 global outbreak.
The Swedish patient was infected during a stay in a part of Africa where the spread of mpox Clade 1 is ongoing, has received treatment and was issued rules of conduct, according to state epidemiologist Magnus Gisslén.
Health officials say Clade I causes the same basic disease of mpox as the dominant strain of two years ago, Clade IIb, but has been linked to a higher risk of more severe effects and higher mortality.
The earlier outbreak was mainly spread via sexual contacts, but Clade I can be transmitted more easily through other contact routes, mainly by close contacts within households and often involving children.
Gisslén said the newfound case in and of itself will not trigger any stricter control measures within Sweden, "but we take the outbreak of mpox Clade I very seriously," he said. "We will follow it closely and continuously assess whether new measures are needed."
But let’s keep having hordes of Africans come in.
Trump’s approval ratings are higher in some countries in Africa than any place in the world, much higher than in the U.S.
Is it a coincidence that the Swedish flag and the Ukrainian flag have the same colors?
Two cases reported in Utica NY by WKTV news.
Hate to be a downer but its only a matter ot time before viruses mutate and become either more virulent or sometimes more benign. People with suppressed immune systems such as those who take immune modulators for diseases such as asthma, inflammatory bowel diseases, psoriasis etc and diabetics may be particularly vulnerable. Practicing male homosexuals have chronically challenged immune systems and must be especially viligant.
I could make a fortune.
Stop having sex with monkeys!!
Unless you are a homosexual male drug user who has unprotected sex with multiple unknown partners, your chance of getting mpox is almost nil
For me, the chances are pretty much zero given I’ve been married to the same man since age 17.
The reason we are seeing front page articles with the mpox scare headlines is so that about mid-September, Democrats can call for mail-in balloting for the election.
For Democrats, I can understand their concern since the chances are not zero that one of them would be sharing needles & doing drugs and having sex in the voting line. But for the rest of us, I believe we will be fine.
Fantastic!
What you will never hear from the press is that the victim was a homosexual sex tourist.
there are many reasons to deny entry for immigrants but monkeypox is not one…and neither is covid
I fear there is still a significant percentage of the population on the right and the left that are freaked out by germs.
If I recall correctly when Monkey Pox was first reported in Africa, these “close” contacts with children was from sexual abuse.
Sweden needs to import millions more illegals to do it right.
Just pointing out leftist hypocrisy.
Especially vigilant? Make sure there’s enough tax money to pay for the treatment and prevention of diseases which are spread by especially vigilant peeps.
The Swedish patient was infected during a stay in a part of Africa
What a lot of folks leave out of the calculus is how absolutely filthy, un-hygienic, and barbaric Africans are.
People who don't know:
To disregard their own feces/vomit.
That many sicknesses are caused by electrolyte imbalances (Gatorade).
Hand-washing goes a long way.
Slaughtering neighbors with a machete can be a dirty business.
There's no chance this will spread to civilized countries.
Pfizer, copying China’s ploy, probably paid some jackass to spread that virus to the outside of Africa.
Try to keep up
The earlier outbreak was mainly spread via sexual contacts, but Clade I can be transmitted more easily through other contact routes, mainly by close contacts within households and often involving children.
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