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Mpox Has Faded in the US. Who Deserves the Credit?
AP News ^
| January 10, 2023
| Mike Stobbe January 10, 2023
Posted on 02/03/2023 4:45:57 PM PST by nickcarraway
Less than six months ago, mpox was an exploding health crisis. What had been an obscure disease from Africa was ripping through European and U.S. gay communities. Precious doses of an unproven vaccine were in short supply. International officials declared health emergencies.
Today, reports of new cases are down to a trickle in the U.S. Health officials are shutting down emergency mobilizations. The threat seems to have virtually disappeared from the public consciousness.
“We’re in a remarkably different place,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University infectious diseases expert. “It’s really impressive how that peak has come down to very, very low levels.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homopox; medicine; monkeypox; mpox
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Biden gets all the credit?
To: nickcarraway
Apparently only the guys could catch it and they’ve all caught it. But you won’t hear the CDC saying that.
To: MinorityRepublican
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:48:30 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: nickcarraway
Yup. Brandon cured the world of disease.
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:48:50 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: nickcarraway
Hunter is a valuable resource.
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:48:52 PM PST
by
Mark
(DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
To: nickcarraway
Why are they afraid to say monkey pox?
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:48:59 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(News media are pond scum. My pronouns: Haha, heehee, hoho, hoo hoo. )
To: BenLurkin
Monkeypox. The renamed it due to racism.
To: nickcarraway
Kenneth Copeland healed the land.
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:49:31 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
To: BenLurkin
“ What is Mpox?”
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Maybe the politically correct term for Monkeypox?
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:50:12 PM PST
by
House Atreides
(I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
To: nickcarraway
“ Monkeypox. The renamed it due to racism.”
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Yes, only monkeys can use the word Monkeypox. ;-)
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:52:06 PM PST
by
House Atreides
(I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
To: nickcarraway
Who deserves the credit?
Why, whoever changed it’s name to Mpox of course. The virus died from shame.
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posted on
02/03/2023 4:57:42 PM PST
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: nickcarraway
After they renamed it, there were no more cases reported. Amazing.
To: nickcarraway
I guess the poofters abusing each others butts screwed themselves into herd immunity.
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posted on
02/03/2023 5:08:33 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: nickcarraway
The homos got vaccinated so they can continue buggering like monkeys
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posted on
02/03/2023 5:23:57 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: nickcarraway
Mpox joined murder hornets in the acid rain hall of invisibility.
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posted on
02/03/2023 5:27:19 PM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: nickcarraway
nothing like being covered in blisters to scare the hell out of people
““A lot of people came out of Pride, after being in close contact, symptomatic,” he said. They suffered blisters and scabs, bringing home the message to other at-risk men that the virus was a very real danger.”
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posted on
02/03/2023 5:28:33 PM PST
by
blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: nickcarraway
Gay people deserve the credit.
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posted on
02/03/2023 5:31:09 PM PST
by
webheart
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/03/2023 5:38:46 PM PST
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
To: nickcarraway
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02/03/2023 6:17:59 PM PST
by
bobbo666
(Baizuo)
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