Monkeypox

[Mark81]

The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if Putin let it out as its only in the Western countries so far haha

Seriously though from everything I've seen and read so far there doesn't seem to be too much to worry about at this stage. The media are loving it though, they got a taste of constant crisis since brexit and don't want to let it go.

As someone else said, we all seem perfectly comfortable with awfully high numbers of things like heart disease, cancer, obesity etc. But something like this causes panic stations

 

[Gym&Tonic]

Speaking of 28 Days Later when were in deepest lockdown someone drove around filing my empty home town with all the shops etc closed and put the music from it over the top. Was chilling.

 

[Emmelina Ball]

Chickenpox isn’t as severe as Monkeypox to certain groups.

There are many viruses that are severe to certain groups that doesn’t mean an entire class should isolate because one person has it.

The more we keep “isolating” and attempting to “contain” viruses, the weaker the populations immunity will be as a whole. Look around at the childrens hepatitis cases - they are linking it to lockdowns. Think of how many more things like this will happen if people aren’t allowed to get sick anymore. Monkeypox for the majority of people is a mild illness and should be treated as such. If someone doesn’t want to take the risk they can stay at home but an entire class shouldn’t lose out on education because one or two are sick.

Apparently there's a vaccine for chicken pox but it's not administered in the UK often. Seems to be more commonly used in the US though, not sure about Canada

Either way, and as my brief Google search suggests, schools/nurseries may (or should? Someone here probably knows more) notify parents that someone has chickenpox and to watch out for symptoms. I'd assume the same would be done with monkeypox. Think the bigger problem is in countries where schools don't seem to have the same/similar approaches to keeping parents informed and children healthy though

We had chickenpox in my sons class a few months ago. We didn’t receive any official warning. It was talked about in the parents group chat. Half the class got it and half didn’t. It’s just part of life! There is a vaccine but it’s not given routinely on the nhs because it isn’t appropriate to do so. Children with chicken pox help adults retain their immunity so it’s helpful for the population for children to get chickenpox whereas if they are vaccinated their immunity can wear off and they can suffer more severely themselves with chicken pox or shingles.

 

[rainbowlemon]

 

[Meangirl815]

Oh look a tattle thread about a virus
This is familiar

Seriously though thank you for this. It's always good when people are sharing info from different sources.
It's a mystery this isn't it? It's the amount of countries seeing cases that is the most puzzling part for me

 

[Brigitjonesbuttcheek]

As long as people keep clicking on the articles about monkey pox they will keep reporting on it. It's all about the clicks.

 

[rainbowlemon]

Okay just putting this here- my theory it’s another lab leak.

by the time we get off the monkey pox wagon it will be Covid 26 again and time to get the red paint out and mark crosses on the doors.

https://www.archive.is/oldest/https...vids-spike-protein-linked-Moderna-patent.html

 

[Warpaint]

It won't be forgotten if people can get 3 weeks off work for it. Isolations all over the place.

 

[monga]

He’s back

Mpox: Chris Whitty and ministers discuss UK mpox preparedness after global emergency declared

Professor Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical officer, joined government ministers in assessing the UK's readiness for any potential outbreak of a new variant of mpox.

news.sky.com

 

[Brigitjonesbuttcheek]

They haven't seen it passed like an STI before it's mostly in young gay/bi men atm .

There’s also things like this put us all at risk

Verifying Device

Isnt that the exact way the virus gets out in 28 days later.

They say that films are made to foreshadow "their" plans so they can claim they told us .

 

[Emmelina Ball]

The amount of reports on this monkey business is getting a bit carried away for the tiny amount of confirmed cases. Would anyone seriously get the smallpox vaccine or lockdown or isolate for 3 weeks all over a mild illness?!

We’ll be clapping on the doors by next Thursday! Don’t forget to have your rainbow paintings ready

 

[Warpaint]

The annoying this is they're wording it just like Covid. Even the BBC are on the hype train.

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

Time to dust off the DIY hazmat suit! Now with added shinpads and hard-hat for extra assertiveness, a winning edge when going for that last bag of pasta.

 

[Mardymermaid]

I think I've seen this film before and I didn't like the ending

 

[emerald]

Hopefully we won't actually see any homophobic abuse from this (chance would be a fine thing)

 

[rainbowlemon]

My anxiety and overthinking cannot cope with something like this again. Probably a stupid question but realistically how much do I need to panic??

You don’t have to. Right now anyway, it was 15,000 cases from the entire continent of Africa with approximately 1.2 billion people.

With 461 deaths from the 15k cases. = 3% of those who caught it died.

97% recovered.

Did each person who passed away have underlying health conditions? Did they die from or with it?

Covid cases:

Hospital figures for Covid cases ‘misleading’

Government accused of making ‘flawed decisions’ after NHS finds quarter of virus patients had other cause of admission

www.telegraph.co.uk

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We need Neil Ferguson back on the case.

 

[Ensay]

You need to have very close contact with someone to get it, so the risk is pretty low.

 

[Happy Lady]

I'm sure it won't be long before the lecterns are brought out again, and Boris, Chris Whitty et al gather with their PowerPoint presentations to tell us how dire the situation is, and contemplate more restrictions to keep us safe.

I think we've all had enough now and deserve a break.

 

[Piff paff puff]

Public health emergency declared

Mpox outbreak declared public health emergency in Africa

More than 15,000 mpox cases and 461 deaths have been reported on the continent this year so far - a 160% increase in cases compared with the same period in 2023, while deaths have jumped by around 19%.

news.sky.com

Not again
It's like some kind of doom loop.
They've even gave it a catchier name Mpox ( probably didn't want to offend monkeys)
Could. Not. Give. A.crap.

 

[Brigitjonesbuttcheek]

Hopefully we won't actually see any homophobic abuse from this (chance would be a fine thing)

Based on how un masked and un vaxxed are treated, I'm gonna guess there will be, and a lot of it.