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Biden calls monkeypox something 'everybody should be concerned about' - and says further spread of the disease would be 'consequential'
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 22, 2022 | Geoff Earle

Posted on 05/22/2022 4:51:26 AM PDT by C19fan

President Joe Biden called the outbreak of monkeypox something 'everybody should be concerned about, and his security advisor says he has been briefed on the situation. 'They haven't told me the level of exposure yet but it is something that everybody should be concerned about,' Biden said as he left South Korea en route to Japan on a trip that is focused on economic and security issues.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disease; lgbt; moneypox; monkeypox
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To: Tupelo

Did this Monkeypox, like AIDS suddenly spring up as a full-blown epidemic from deep in the Sub-Saharan jungles or the south African Veldt?”

Nope. It started at a gay butt sex festival in the Canary Islands.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/18646557/monkeypox-outbreak-europe-cases-island-festival/


61 posted on 05/22/2022 8:28:48 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Tupelo

I think they’re up to 100 people....world wide...


62 posted on 05/22/2022 8:31:14 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: C19fan

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/health/monkeypox-us-cases-cdc-investigation/index.html


63 posted on 05/22/2022 8:33:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

CDC says don’t worry about it.


64 posted on 05/22/2022 8:34:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: C19fan

Right on cue. We know that all the positive monkeypox cases can be traced to an Antwerp ‘gay fetish festival’ (whatever the heck that is, but guaranteed to be perverse), but EVERYBODY needs to be concerned. Reminds me of AIDS when EVERYONE was at risk. Not falling for that BS.


65 posted on 05/22/2022 8:44:29 AM PDT by InGodsTruth
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To: subterfuge

There is not reason to lock down anyone who gets this. Perhaps mandatory wearing of trousers would be a better step. Like “ass masks.” Because that’s how people are getting it.


66 posted on 05/22/2022 8:55:12 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: CatHerd

One of the reason AIDS disproportionately hit homosexual men is that engaging in anal intercourse can cause breaks in the skin that enable viruses to pass through. The same thing may well be happening here.


67 posted on 05/22/2022 9:17:55 AM PDT by joseph2
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To: joseph2

Exactly. Most of the cases are being identified at sexual health clinics, with the lesions first appearing “in the genital area”. Lesions usually begin on the face, sometimes hands, then sometimes spread to the rest of the body, including genital area and mucous membranes of the throat and mouth.

Skin-to-skin contact involving any area of the body can transmit the virus from monkeypox sores via tiny breaks in the skin of the other person and infect them, too.

It’s not all that contagious, with an R0 of 1 or less.


68 posted on 05/22/2022 9:55:53 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd

Dunno, but we’ll find out soon enough.

Probably a combination of not having a population innoculated against small pox and risky deviant behavior.


69 posted on 05/22/2022 11:08:47 AM PDT by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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To: stanne

The K is silent


70 posted on 05/22/2022 1:32:05 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable )
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