I just got the 2nd booster. What do I do now? Monkey pox? I’m having a drink. Maybe several.
Well, yippee f***ing hurray.
A string of new cases in Europe and the U.S. is "the most important outbreak in the history of monkeypox in the Western Hemisphere," one expert said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...toms-rcna29510
I just got the 2nd booster. What do I do now? Monkey pox? I’m having a drink. Maybe several.
I’ve read from an unimpeachable source that Monkeypox is a delayed effect of the Covid vaccine. You know, from changing your DNA.
Covid —> RNA vaccine —> Planet of the Apes
It’s happening.
I'm more worried about Murder Hornets. (And I'll never see a Murder Hornet)
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Don’t you put that bad juju on me, Ricky Bobby!
Just as an FYI, the seventh post in the COVID thread was also a joke...
:-/
Apparently the US Govt just spent $119million to secure Monkeypox vaccines. Given their aversion to forward-thinking on such things, this might be telling. Or it could simply mean that a few politicians needed a boost in their investment portfolios. Who knows at this point?
My *understanding* is that monkeypox is spread by bodily fluid exchange and is not an airborne respiratory spreader. If true, that’s a pretty big difference.
There are apparently several means of propagation for monkeypox with large respiratory droplets representing one method. Close contact with body fluid, eating under-cooked infected meat, contact with contaminated object, wounds pretty much round out the routes of infection.
Still, it does not appear to be an aerosol, so that is a very big difference.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
From what I've read, what you say is true, at least it has been true in the past with monkeypox.
The rapid spread of this instance of monkeypox in multiple countries certainly suggests that something may have changed, either with the virus or with our immune response to it. I'm not worried yet, but I think we all ought to realize that this outbreak might be different than previous monkeypox outbreaks.
What are the symptoms? My throwing arm isn't what it used to be.
Good summary here: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.subs...-questions?s=w
"Once someone is infected they can be sick for 2-4 weeks. The infection period is categorized into two periods:
Invasion period (0-5 days): People typically present flu-like symptoms (fever and body aches) and swollen lymph nodes.
Rash period (1-3 days of fever): A distinctive rash typically starts in the face, which then moves to extremities. A distinct sign of monkeypox is vesicles that can form, as seen below."