MNKYPOX Mpox (Monkeypox) clade 1b International Emergency Thread

[helen]

Do the pustules also appear inside, as in esophagus and digestive tract?

Thank you for this....

It gets into eyes, nose, mouth, throat, and anus - even in children, not just gay men.

If big pharmaceutical companies don't do things without a market, then why are they doing this?

 

[helen]

Here they put all that money into research and development, got it approved... and it doesn't work? Did it ever work? Has the disease mutated?

 

[mudlogger]

Helen, honey, you can stop...it's not Monday anymore....

You know I'm kidding (I doubted that I needed to say that to this crew, but ya just never know)
I so appreciate what you do. I printed the pic of the baby above, just because.
Horrific, stuff of nightmares.

 

[helen]

What you need to know about Missouri’s first known cases of clade 1 mpox (LISTEN) - Missourinet

Two Missouri residents have come down with clade One mpox – making them the first known cases in Missouri and the thirteenth and fourteenth cases nationally. Alisa Nelson talks to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Epidemiologist Nathan Koffarnus, who explains how the virus...

www.missourinet.com

 

[Meemur]

I'm retiring June 1. Please keep it from spreading to Iowa before then. Eight weeks or so. That's all I'm asking . . .

 

[helen]

Original article is behind a New York Times paywall.

 

[helen]

Partial access to the article.

 

[helen]

Tourists from Germany for the World Cup...

 

[helen]

Remember empty shelves where the over-the-counter meds had been during C-19?

The list of fairly cheap comfort items is posted above. (#712)

 

[helen]

Wait...is he saying the vaccine doesn’t work now? And the antiviral med doesn’t work now? Did something change?

 

[night driver]

DAM-NATION!!!!

You WOULD grab my nose and see to it I got the sand out of my ears.

Had a few things running and just trying to get things levelled out.

Y'all'r not really help'n.

 

[Meemur]

ND, forewarned is forearmed. Make yer lists and go shopping if you have holes.
The supply lines are already greatly stressed in many areas: it wouldn't take much to see
rows and rows of empty shelves and limits for what's left.

 

[helen]

DRC participates in the World Cup.

 

[helen]

So does Singapore. Every country where clade 1b appears will participate.

 

[helen]

I'm not the only screamer.

 

[helen]

 

[helen]

 

[helen]

Gemini

 

[helen]

Chuck, it's not April Fools Day now.

 

[psychgirl]

Chuck, it's not April Fools Day now.

I was going to say something about the many weeks of us “gaming” this scenario out a couple of years ago and here we are.

But I’m too exhausted. Every day feels like April fools day.

 

[night driver]

And now, you are talking about the modern equivalent of the "War Bonds Parade."

Only on a parabolic/exponential scale.

***SIGH***

"Good Times."

I admit coming late to the party. I'll just sit over here in the low IQ corner and gibber quietly for a while.
See the bottom line of my sigline.

 

[psychgirl]

Gemini:

View attachment 593947

…..

 

[psychgirl]

New mpox, mutated strain, case in Singapore just announced one hour ago:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2039694038891134984

View: https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/2039694038891134984

 

[Peter]

Didn't expect this on my local news station...

Congo says its mpox outbreak is over after 2 years and more than 2,200 suspected deaths

Congo has declared the end of a two-year mpox outbreak, which is believed to have caused over 2,200 deaths.

www.news4jax.com

Congo says its mpox outbreak is over after 2 years and more than 2,200 suspected deaths
Associated Press

Published: April 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Tags: Roger Kamba, World news, Health

FILE - A man suffering from mpox waits for treatment at the Kamituga General Hospital in South Kivu Congo, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) (Moses Sawasawa, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)


CAPE TOWN – Congo on Thursday declared the end of a two-year outbreak of the mpox disease that's believed to have caused more than 2,200 deaths in the country.

Health Minister Roger Kamba told journalists that the government had made the determination that the outbreak was over and no longer a national emergency.

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Congo, a vast country in central Africa, was at the center of an outbreak of the infectious viral disease that spread to neighboring countries in 2024 and prompted the World Health Organization to declare it a global health emergency as it spilled over borders. WHO ended the global health emergency declaration in September.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were more than 161,000 suspected cases of mpox in Congo during the outbreak between 2024 and this year, with around 37,000 of them confirmed through tests.

The Africa CDC said there were 2,286 suspected deaths but only 127 were confirmed by tests.

Mpox, also known as monkeypox, was first identified by scientists in 1958 when there were outbreaks of a “pox-like” disease in monkeys. Until a few years ago, most human cases were seen in people in central and West Africa who had close contact with infected animals.

In 2022, the virus was confirmed to spread via sex for the first time and triggered outbreaks in more than 70 countries that had not previously reported mpox.

The most common symptoms of mpox, according to WHO, are a rash and fever, but it can sometimes cause serious illness. Most people recover fully.

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[helen]

Clade 1b in Ecuador. One imported case identified by an equivalent to the U.S. CDC. Ecuador is a small country, but one case gets national response. Ecuador participates in the World Cup, I think. Convergence.

 

[night driver]

DAMMITT!!!!
The "War Bonds Parade in Philly" parallel gets tighter and tighter.
There are days when I wish my trivia storehouse wasn't QUITE so prolific.

 

[helen]

Hey, Chuck!

 

[helen]

Singapore at two locally acquired cases of 1b.

 

[night driver]

YUM!!!

 

[helen]

The patients are not gay men and much younger than...cultural norms would...allow sexual contact...

 

[helen]

Newborns. Whoever does midwife care in poor areas.

Or the blankets.

 

[helen]

For Chuck.

 

[helen]

Translation: Patients one and two did not travel. Yes, they got it through sexual contact, but not with each other. The original vector could be fomites. Even if both of them had sexual contact with someone who brought it to the country, where is the original human vector? Visitors who came in contagious but not obviously sick... then gone.

 

[helen]

These are the dates of the final blending of vectors for the World Cup.

 

[helen]

I apologize for the inconvenience of dealing with my communication anomalies. Research this for yourselves.

 

[psychgirl]

Not good…this is a good account to follow for most all infectious disease.

People are paying more attention now.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2040876387356246297

View: https://twitter.com/mrmickme2/status/2040876387356246297

 

[helen]

Oh. Nothing to worry about now. The narrative will now be guided internationally. No need to research.

 

[Meemur]

Right on schedule. It's 7 months until the US midterm elections. That's enough time to create Pandemic II. Got preps?

 

[helen]

Right on schedule. It's 7 months until the US midterm elections. That's enough time to create Pandemic II. Got preps?

I'm so tired. You need cheap zinc oxide cream or vaseline, gentle mouth rinse, gloves, q-tips, stool softeners, broth or liquid meals, and Epsom salt. And gentle soap. Don't break the bank. Just get what you might need and wait.

 

[mudlogger]

Steve and I were just talking about the above post (well, all of it really) and I remembered that I found directions on how to make colloidal silver gel. I'll dig it up and post it if you want. The commercial gel is good for everything, and well, I'll keep you posted.

Thank you Helen. Kiss Kiss.