MNKYPOX Monkeypox - Consolidated Thread.

Meemur

Meemur

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phloydius said:
Agreed.
Last time it was 2 weeks to flatten the curve.
This time, it might be just a little longer until the vaccines arrive.
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Which basically means if they want to keep us locked down until the vaccines arrive, that
could potentially be as long as they want it to.

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WHO's Tedros: "I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern." [Meemur note: HE has decided. How much is he getting paid for that decision by TPTB?]
 
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summerthyme

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Cascadians said:
!!!!!!!! BREAKING: WHO declares highest alert over monkeypox

The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.

www.bbc.com

WHO declares highest alert over monkeypox

Monkeypox is a global health emergency, says the World Health Organization, after a surge in cases.
www.bbc.com

The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases.
It came at the end of the second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus.
More than 16,000 cases have now been reported from 75 countries, said WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
There had been five deaths so far as a result of the outbreak, he added.
There are only two other such health emergencies at present - the coronavirus pandemic and the continuing effort to eradicate polio.

Dr Tedros said the emergency committee had been unable to reach a consensus on whether the monkeypox outbreak should be classified as a global health emergency.
However, he said the outbreak had spread around the world rapidly and he had decided that it was indeed of international concern.
"The WHO's assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and in all regions, except in the European region, where we assess the risk as high," he added.
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Must be the check to Not-A-Doctor Tedros cleared.

I note they waited until it had spread nearly worldwide...

Summerthyme
 
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bluelady

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phloydius said:
I don't know if I have ever read a report of it being detected in the air, however I never looked. Up until about 2-3 months ago, Monkeypox was considered "airborne" (more accurate to say aerosolized), because it was believed to be transmissible via the air by the CDC, WHO, etc.

This is important enough to copy two important quotes from the tweet / report here (incase the tweet disappears):

Yesterday, the @WHO claimed: “FACT: The #monkeypox virus is NOT airborne”

“Detection of MPXV DNA in air samples collected at distances of greater than 1·5m from the patient and at a height of nearly 2m supports the theory that MPXV can be present in (...) aerosols”
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1-5 meters is a lot more than the COVID 6 feet!
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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Echo 5 said:
Monkeypox was being ignored as cover for gays. Everything is political.
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I've said before that the reason we're not hearing much about MP is the fact that the MSM are afraid of offending the gay crowd. Once they allow it to get widespread in the general population, they will run with it 24/7, then, they'll use it to try and control us again. They just have to let it spread a bit more, first. And, yeah, it's all political.
 
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SageRock

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Monkeypox shows longevity of smallpox shots
A 2003 outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has helped prove that smallpox vaccinations can protect for decades, U.S. researchers said.

Aug. 8, 2005, 4:03 PM UTC / Source: Reuters

Monkeypox shows longevity of smallpox shots

A 2003 outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has helped prove that smallpox vaccinations can protect for decades, U.S. researchers said Monday.

The study could help officials trying to come up with a plan for mass vaccination against the often deadly smallpox virus and its relatives, should such a virus ever be used in a biological attack.

The researchers found three people who were evidently infected by the monkeypox virus, spread mostly by pet prairie dogs in the Midwest, who never had any symptoms.

The three had last been vaccinated against smallpox before the jabs were discontinued. One was vaccinated 13 years ago, another 29 years ago and the third 48 years ago.

“These individuals were unaware that they had been infected because they were spared any recognizable disease symptoms,” Mark Kenneth Slifka of Oregon Health & Sciences University and colleagues wrote in their report, published in the journal Nature Medicine.

“Together, this shows that the U.S. monkeypox outbreak was larger than previously realized and, more importantly, shows that cross-protective antiviral immunity against West African monkeypox can potentially be maintained for decades after smallpox vaccination.”

Smallpox was eradicated in 1979 after a global vaccination program. But experts fear the virus or a related virus could be used as a biological weapon.

About half the U.S. adult population has been vaccinated as part of routine efforts that stopped in 1972 for civilians and 1990 for the military. Studies have shown that immunity lasts as long as 75 years.

Now work is underway to stockpile doses of vaccine in case of an attack, while tests are also underway to see if perhaps some people might be protected by their old vaccinations.

But no one has been able to do a real test of how well the vaccine protects -- until the monkeypox outbreak, traced to pet rodents imported from West Africa, where the close relative of smallpox is well entrenched and still common.

The team tested 44 people from Wisconsin, the epicenter of the outbreak, which originated at a pet store in Illinois. At least 39 people were reported infected with monkeypox in Wisconsin, they said.

“We screened subjects and included in the study only those who had close contact with monkeypox-infected individuals or monkeypox-infected prairie dogs,” they wrote.

They found three people who had clear evidence of infection in their blood, yet never showed any symptoms of monkeypox. All had been previously vaccinated against smallpox.

Spread without direct contact

They also found that the pox viruses spread even without direct contact -- something to be aware of should there ever be a smallpox attack.

“A common misconception of the U.S. monkeypox outbreak is that infection requires direct contact or direct inoculation through scratches or bites in order for infected prairie dogs to transmit monkeypox to humans,” the researchers wrote.
But the virus apparently can be carried in the air and by tiny sneezed droplets.

“In one case, a subject contracted monkeypox after an infected prairie dog was carried into her home when she was not present. The prairie dog was apparently not placed on the floor or furniture, and yet this subject, who had no contact with prairie dogs or other individuals with monkeypox, contracted the disease,” they wrote.
 
phloydius

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psychgirl said:
You sure?
I’ve no idea, I just saw it and posted. If it IS satire, my apologies.
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No worries. I looked closer, and yeah, I'm pretty sure it is satire. You might want to go back and edit the post to note it is satire while you can (for future readers). Here are some of the other most recent tweets (just copying text):

Justin Trudeau's Ego @Trudeaus_Ego 8h
I'm learning from great leaders like Kim Jong-un.
From freezing bank accounts, to controlling the media, to staged photo opportunities that make it look like I'm adored by my people, our Government is striving to mimic him.
Thank you for the inspiration, North Korea!

Justin Trudeau's Ego @Trudeaus_Ego
Couldn’t have asked for better company this morning at The Kettle Black in Charlottetown!
I chatted with some locals, and had a delicious breakfast.
Thanks for the indoor gathering, maskless with senior citizens, to demonstrate that my COVID protocols are complete theatre.

Justin Trudeau's Ego @Trudeaus_Ego Jul 21
Security of our top officials is critical.
That's why my government has asked the FAA to hide my personal jet from flight tracking software.
Canadians must not know how much I'm flying while I lecture them about climate change, or how much time I spend in Tofino.
 
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shane

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AlertsUSA.com on their weekly Threat Journal today wrote:

WHO Declares a PHEIC Over Monkeypox

The World Health Organization reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee on Thursday of this week to assess the public health implications of the evolving multi-country outbreak. Global cases have passed 16,000, with reports from from 71 member states that span all six of WHO-designated world regions.

Early Saturday, AlertsUSA subscribers were notified the WHO declared the situation to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), which is defined as "an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other states through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response".

According to the WHO, most reported cases so far have been identified through sexual health or other health services in primary or secondary health-care facilities, and have involved mainly, but not exclusively, men who have sex with men. This is unlikely to last long. According to Dr. Edward Hook III, emeritus professor of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, movement of the disease into heterosexuals is just a matter of time. Already there are reports of monkeypox cases in children.
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SageRock

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Here's an interesting excerpt from the following article, located at:

Who Is Protected Against Monkeypox?

Previous smallpox vaccination appears to provide very good protection against monkeypox, with either no apparent illness or a very minimal number of blisters, compared to those without prior smallpox vaccination.

"Still, one way to study the vaccine’s effectiveness in people is to gather evidence during an outbreak. Dr. Slifka’s team did just that in 2003, when dozens of Americans became infected with monkeypox after being exposed to infected prairie dogs.
The researchers flew into Milwaukee and drew blood from 28 people who had been exposed to the infected prairie dogs. Of the eight people who had previously been vaccinated, five developed an average of three pus-filled blisters, compared with an average of 33 in those who were unvaccinated.

The other three vaccinated individuals had no symptoms at all. “They didn’t even know they had been infected,” Dr. Slifka said.

Another study of that outbreak found that in a family of three, the previously vaccinated father developed just two monkeypox lesions compared with 200 in the unvaccinated mother. Their unvaccinated 6-year-old daughter had about 90 lesions and was in a coma for 12 days."
 
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Coco82919

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Last nights news said there is a person with monkey pox in our county. They said don't worry, you must have close intimate contact with the person to get it. They seemed to suggest that it was only spread through sexual contact without actually saying it.
 
phloydius

phloydius

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I was assuming that Lysol would kill Monkeypox, since they claim it kills the Flu & Covid viruses. It would appear that I would have assumed wrong.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1550190396633931778
View: https://twitter.com/Lysol/status/1550190396633931778


loveproud @AdamClinard1
Jul 21
@Lysol do you know or have you done testing to determine if Lysol kills monkeypox virus?


Lysol US @Lysol
Replying to @AdamClinard1
Hey Adam! Thank You for reaching out! We would like to inform you that our products do not kill Monkey pox and virus that causes this disease.
 
phloydius

phloydius

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laist.com

Lesions and Debilitating Pain: A California Man Describes His Experience With Monkeypox

Dead ends and delays plagued Kevin Kwong’s search for a diagnosis.
laist.com laist.com
[Note: Did not copy the entire article, it is very long. Only copied some of the more interesting quotes]

Lesions and Debilitating Pain: A California Man Describes His Experience With Monkeypox


“Everything started rapidly getting worse,” Kwong said. “I started to get more spots on my face, more redness and [the spots] started leaking fluid. The rash expanded to my elbows and my hands and my ankles.”

Kwong initially treated the rash himself with the topical steroids he uses for eczema. When that didn’t work, he made his first virtual visit from his home in Emeryville, California. The nurse diagnosed him with herpes, and prescribed an antiviral medication.

Over the next few hours the rash quickly spread to more of his body. Alarmed, Kwong went in person to an urgent care clinic. The doctor agreed with the herpes diagnosis, and added another — scabies.

“My spots were concentrated on my hands and my wrists and feet and elbows, which are prime locations for scabies,” Kwong said.

The urgent care doctor didn’t think it was monkeypox — Kwong’s spots were clustered together and looked different from the monkeypox rash pictures the doctor had seen.

During another virtual appointment in the middle of the night, a nurse noticed the rash had spread toward his eyes and told him to go to the emergency room immediately. It was there that doctors said Kwong may have monkeypox. But they were unprepared to handle a potential case.

“They were researching while I was in this [patient] room, and back and forth on the phone at the CDC. I expected myself, as a patient, to be in the dark, but I didn't realize how little information was also given to providers and how unprepared they were as well,” he said.

He said the pain was inescapable.

“I estimated 600 to 800 tiny sores," he said. "And it's just sort of under the surface of your skin, there's like a small piece of your flesh being taken out and deteriorating. It feels like [when] you stick your hand in water that's too hot, sort of that feeling but you cannot take it out. And so it's constant."

Because the rash was close to Kwong’s eyes, if left untreated it could have caused him to go blind. Dr. Chin-Hong said the case was so severe the hospital okayed a prescription of TPOXX. That’s an antiviral that’s been given special clearance by the FDA to treat monkeypox only in certain circumstances.

Despite Kwong’s quick turnaround on the antiviral, he still hasn’t tested positive. Chin-Hong says health workers may not have rubbed hard enough to get live cells for the monkeypox test.

“It's very difficult as a clinician to really get a good sample in these kinds of lesions because the patient is often in pain. And you don't like to see people suffer,” Chin-Hong said.
 
naegling62

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phloydius said:
laist.com

Lesions and Debilitating Pain: A California Man Describes His Experience With Monkeypox

Dead ends and delays plagued Kevin Kwong’s search for a diagnosis.
laist.com laist.com
[Note: Did not copy the entire article, it is very long. Only copied some of the more interesting quotes]

Lesions and Debilitating Pain: A California Man Describes His Experience With Monkeypox


“Everything started rapidly getting worse,” Kwong said. “I started to get more spots on my face, more redness and [the spots] started leaking fluid. The rash expanded to my elbows and my hands and my ankles.”

Kwong initially treated the rash himself with the topical steroids he uses for eczema. When that didn’t work, he made his first virtual visit from his home in Emeryville, California. The nurse diagnosed him with herpes, and prescribed an antiviral medication.

Over the next few hours the rash quickly spread to more of his body. Alarmed, Kwong went in person to an urgent care clinic. The doctor agreed with the herpes diagnosis, and added another — scabies.

“My spots were concentrated on my hands and my wrists and feet and elbows, which are prime locations for scabies,” Kwong said.

The urgent care doctor didn’t think it was monkeypox — Kwong’s spots were clustered together and looked different from the monkeypox rash pictures the doctor had seen.

During another virtual appointment in the middle of the night, a nurse noticed the rash had spread toward his eyes and told him to go to the emergency room immediately. It was there that doctors said Kwong may have monkeypox. But they were unprepared to handle a potential case.

“They were researching while I was in this [patient] room, and back and forth on the phone at the CDC. I expected myself, as a patient, to be in the dark, but I didn't realize how little information was also given to providers and how unprepared they were as well,” he said.

He said the pain was inescapable.

“I estimated 600 to 800 tiny sores," he said. "And it's just sort of under the surface of your skin, there's like a small piece of your flesh being taken out and deteriorating. It feels like [when] you stick your hand in water that's too hot, sort of that feeling but you cannot take it out. And so it's constant."

Because the rash was close to Kwong’s eyes, if left untreated it could have caused him to go blind. Dr. Chin-Hong said the case was so severe the hospital okayed a prescription of TPOXX. That’s an antiviral that’s been given special clearance by the FDA to treat monkeypox only in certain circumstances.

Despite Kwong’s quick turnaround on the antiviral, he still hasn’t tested positive. Chin-Hong says health workers may not have rubbed hard enough to get live cells for the monkeypox test.

“It's very difficult as a clinician to really get a good sample in these kinds of lesions because the patient is often in pain. And you don't like to see people suffer,” Chin-Hong said.
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Doctors are really going to need to think out of the box they're in to halt the spread.
 
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