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And here is a new thread on it, based on an article in the Washington Post.

Pox-Like Outbreak Reported
19 Ill in Midwest; CDC Issues Alert

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/925154/posts?page=1

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"This is an unusual event. As far as we can tell, there's never been a human or animal illness in the community setting in the Western hemisphere by a virus that is either a monkeypox virus or a very close variant of the monkeypox virus," said Hughes, "We've got a disease that's not been seen before in the Western Hemisphere, so it's prudent to take it very seriously."