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NYC Health Department Is Urging Residents to Put Their Masks Back On...But It's Not Just Because of Covid
Townhall ^ | 5/22/2022 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 05/23/2022 7:39:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The New York City Health Department is urging residents to put their face masks back on after a patient in the city tested positive for Orthopoxvirus, with officials waiting to confirm whether it is monkeypox.

“Masks can protect against monkeypox, as well as other viruses circulating in New York City, such as COVID-19,” the health department said. “The Department continues to recommend masks in public indoor settings. As a precaution, any New Yorkers who experience flu-like illness with swelling of the lymph nodes and rashes on the face and body should contact their health care provider.”

More info: https://t.co/Hpgu5m0xYL— nychealthy (@nycHealthy) May 20, 2022

While rare, Monkeypox outbreaks are being reported in nearly a dozen countries. The United States currently has two reported cases of the virus that can spread through close contact with an infected individual. “This includes via respiratory droplets — usually after prolonged contact — body fluids or other forms of close contact, such as sharing clothes or other materials that have been used by someone who is infectious,” according to NYC Health. 

Dr. Mark Siegel called the idea to bring back masks for monkeypox “ridiculous.” 

“Overreaction causes as much damage as the virus,” he told Fox News’s Lawrence Jones. “It is one thing for us to talk about it. It is another for everybody out there to suddenly become hyper-vigilant. We already had two years of that, let’s not do it again."

President Biden took a more cautious approach, telling reporters on his way from South Korea to Japan that "everybody should be concerned."

“They haven’t told me the level of exposure yet, but it is something that everybody should be concerned about,” he said. "We’re working hard to figure out what we do and what vaccine, if any, may be available for it. But it is a concern in the sense that if it were to spread, it’s consequential. That’s all they have told me.”



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: facemasks; masks; monkeypox; nyc
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1 posted on 05/23/2022 7:39:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

handy for committing crimes too


2 posted on 05/23/2022 7:45:19 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They are trying to cover up the immune deficiency caused by their mandated gene therapies a.k.a. COVID mRNA vaccines.

They’re all more vulnerable to normally non-life threatening pathogens.


3 posted on 05/23/2022 7:46:57 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They need to put a mask over their buttholes.


4 posted on 05/23/2022 7:49:07 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: SeekAndFind

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/monkey-pox


5 posted on 05/23/2022 7:51:33 AM PDT by daydreamer
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To: SeekAndFind

Two weeks to flatten the curve?


6 posted on 05/23/2022 7:54:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like Ukraine Crisis has given way to new Gay-Related-Simian-Pox Crisis. Ukraine Crisis was handy to blame joe biden’s failures on. Monkey Crisis is for what? Did they concoct this because the folks didn’t believe in masks or jabs any more and were going about their normal lives?

What now? more lockdowns, more mask mandates, more jab mandates, more insanity?

After Monkey Crisis there will be another one. Elections on the way.


7 posted on 05/23/2022 7:55:59 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A totally corrupt media willingly lies to protect a totally corrupt administration. )
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To: Pollard

I’ve long suspected many continue to wear a mask to conceal their identity.


8 posted on 05/23/2022 7:57:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: SeekAndFind
And, for the fay mask wearers...


9 posted on 05/23/2022 7:59:51 AM PDT by moovova
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To: V_TWIN

In my area: 1) Asians, 2) Germaphobes 3) Scared old ladies and female college students 4) Criminals committing crimes.


10 posted on 05/23/2022 8:00:00 AM PDT by Clemenza (In event of a Civil War, a face diaper is a great way to spot the enemy)
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“Masks can protect against monkeypox, as well as other viruses circulating in New York City, such as COVID-19,”…

B.S. You power-trippers just like seeing masks on obedient people.

11 posted on 05/23/2022 8:01:52 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Clemenza; V_TWIN

In my area, masks have almost disappeared. I only see them on rare occasions now.


12 posted on 05/23/2022 8:03:35 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Clemenza

In my area it seems to be a lot of black folks....followed by the elderly.


13 posted on 05/23/2022 8:03:53 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: V_TWIN

I would say up to a month ago it was very prevalent among black folks as well, but I’ve noticed that declining (NYC/Northern NJ). I remember when I went to a funeral in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood back in February everyone (not just the attendees) in the neighborhood were masking indoors and outside.


14 posted on 05/23/2022 8:08:02 AM PDT by Clemenza (In event of a Civil War, a face diaper is a great way to spot the enemy)
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To: SeekAndFind

A condom on a pecker will do more to prevent Monkey Pox...


15 posted on 05/23/2022 8:26:27 AM PDT by TheBattman (Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
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To: SeekAndFind

These self-important ass-hats in City Health Departments should be told their temporary wet-dream of power is passed. They should make polite recommendations, watch the restaurant and public toilet venues they were put in place to oversee and stay out of the news.


16 posted on 05/23/2022 8:41:20 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Masks don’t work = FACT.


17 posted on 05/23/2022 1:29:01 PM PDT by wetgundog (i)
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To: SeekAndFind

Masks are anti-uglyism.


18 posted on 05/23/2022 1:30:48 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: SeekAndFind

Monkeypox can be spread by fomites.

Guess what.

Muzzles are fomites.


19 posted on 05/23/2022 1:31:00 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Anal sex is spreading monkey pox says no other than the CDC.
So why masks ?
Creepy power hungry tyrants .


20 posted on 05/23/2022 1:34:17 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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