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This goes to show that monkeypox would not be very effective as a bio-terrorism threat in this country

You seem to imply that the only effective bio-terrorism weapon is one that carries a great chance of death. That's just not so! Take 100 random 28 year-old women and show them what real monkeypox or smallpox facial scars look like. Make sure these are the centimeter-deep / centimeter-wide craters that are not uncommon. Just because the risk of death is under 10%, these women won't be terrorized by the possibility?

The main article that started this thread is out of date. It says there are no known cases of it outside of Africa. This is BS as we have at least 30 cases in the USA right now. Every freaken report on Monkeypox has been based on cases in Africa, now that we have it here and people are not dropping off like flies due to it and they are not grossly scarred does this not tell you something? Does it not make you think that this stuff is really not as bad as it seems it is in Africa since it is now here and has been here now for about 1 month? People need to understand there is very little healthcare in Africa, especially in small African villages where the mortality rate in Africa among people who have not been vaccinated is between one and 10 percent of infected cases.

Look at that picture of that 3 year old... She was bitten by a prairie dog that was carrying monkeypox, not only was she bitten she handled the creature when it's eyes were crusted shut. Is she covered in monkeypox sores or scars?

Sorry I just will not buy into the paranoia that some people are buying into over monkeypox, until I see that AMERICAN people are truly dying from it, requiring long hospital stays and are grossly scarred worse than chickenpox from having monkeypox.

Reading the logical posts on FR has helped me not be paranoid over this or SARS. Not to mention reading up on this stuff. If I was someone who hated america and americans I would surely see that trying to infect americans with Monkeypox is probably just a waste of time, but then coming to numerous posts that show people are truly worried about it might just show any terrorist he can scare people and probably hurt our economy, but he will now know he not going to kill many people in our great land known as the USA due to out advanced medical care system.

People need to stop living in fear of possible bio-attacks, sure people should stay guarded, but do not let them sense the fear as fear alone lets them know they are winning.

To be honest I am kinda glad we now have seen monkeypox here, as all these years we have been reading how it kills people in Africa, but we had no proof of what it would do if came to America until now. I think these american cases of Monkeypox will prove that we can treat it and control it, even in people who have never been vacinated for any type of pox.