Posted on 08/14/2024 11:56:35 AM PDT by bitt
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday
"Today, the Emergency Committee met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice," said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a media briefing on Wednesday.
In the U.S, there have been 1,634 cases of mpox reported so far this year, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
That's more than double the number of national cases seen at the same time last year but significantly lower than those seen during a U.S. mpox outbreak in 2022, CDC data shows.MORE: How US came back from mpox outbreak PHEICs were most recently declared for the COVID-19 pandemic and the previous mpox outbreak of 2022.
Although mpox is endemic to parts of Central and Western Africa, cases have been rising dramatically in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
This year, there have already been more than 14,000 mpox cases and 524 deaths reported in the DRC, according to the WHO.
There are two types of mpox: clade I and clade II, with clade roughly meaning they are descended from a common ancestor organism. While clade I has caused small, localized outbreaks in the DRC for years, researchers identified a clade I variant, known as clade Ib, that seems to spread mainly through sexual contact and appears to be behind the outbreak in the DRC.
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OH NOES!
Excuse us if we give the WHO the same regard as we give a turd on the sidewalk.
No wait, we don’t give a sleazy Obama if they excuse us or not.
More to thank the Biden-Harris-Obama confab for.
Such overwrought drama, huh?
This disease poses virtually ZERO risk to normal people, WITHOUT taking any precautions or spending other people’s money.
“World Health Organization” is just another alias for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
“To me, you’re nothing but dodge sh$t. And a lot can happen to dog sh$t....”
Dirty Harry
Not airborne, apparently, so no masking?
Spread by sexual contact, you say? Hetero or Homo contact? With humans or monkeys?
Not sure, but I'm guessing I'm pretty safe.
I, for one (Who am I kidding? The whole Biden administration), welcome our new Mpox infected African dreamers streaming across our Southern border.
The original appears to have been pulled. I expect because it describes an std and a pandemic needs better than an std.
Not much else to do in the jungle and shite hole cities in africa except butt bang each other?
Don’t stick things in your rectum that don’t belong in your rectum.
So, why did they stop calling it monkey pox?
The 11th commandment: No in the butt.
They always have to make up a newer strain to keep people scared.
So full of flat out sh_t.
WHO?
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I don’t know, who?
And don't use it for what it was not intended. Rectal tissues are more delicate than, for example, vaginal tissues so they develop tears from intercourse, and guess what gets in those tears and migrates to your bloodstream?
That's right, feces. There's probably some doctors on this website who can go into graphic detail what happens when you have feces in your blood and the infections one can develop.
Yay! Isn't hedonism wonderful?
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