Who's Afraid of Virginia Monkeypox

[Anonymous]

Why is monkeypox a global "healthcare emergency"? People aren't dying from monkeypox. There are no lasting effects. In the pictures taken here in the US, there are just one or two blisters in a man's beard.

Aren't there all kinds of viruses, bacteria and fungal infections constantly circling the globe? Is just circling the globe enough to call this an emergency? Seems like a global drag more than a global emergency. Please explain the concern and the rush to scrounge up vaccines. I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Fear sells.

[Anonymous]

Keep people fearful, so you can control them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fear sells.

Sells what?

[Anonymous]

Not me. Total media driven story. No one cares

[Anonymous]

I’m just waiting for Fairfax county to go crazy with restrictions since they can’t control Covid precautions anymore.

[Anonymous]

Nah, we've just decided to go free market on all these diseases; if you get sick, you get sick and are responsible for all the medical bills. Chose wisely.

[Anonymous]

Points for the Edward Albee reference in your title!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Points for the Edward Albee reference in your title!

[Anonymous]

I thought monkeypox was only transmissible by very close physicalContact or shared bodily fluids. Unless DH get it, I’m feel my odds are good to not catch it.,

[Anonymous]

I am not scared of it as an illness. What I am "scared" of is the super long quarantine period because I have small kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought monkeypox was only transmissible by very close physicalContact or shared bodily fluids. Unless DH get it, I’m feel my odds are good to not catch it.,

It can also spread by respiratory droplets and on fabric that touched infected skin. You could imagine it spreading easily in, say, a daycare or hospital.

But I agree that it doesn't seem to be fatal for many. Unpleasant, yes. Does it scar like small pox?

[Anonymous]

I'm not worried and don't expect it to have a big footprint unless a new mutation makes it communicable through casual contact. Theoretically, it could spread by droplets or fabrics but it sounds like that is rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought monkeypox was only transmissible by very close physicalContact or shared bodily fluids. Unless DH get it, I’m feel my odds are good to not catch it.,

It can also spread by respiratory droplets and on fabric that touched infected skin. You could imagine it spreading easily in, say, a daycare or hospital.

But I agree that it doesn't seem to be fatal for many. Unpleasant, yes. Does it scar like small pox?

How about the swimming pool?

[Anonymous]

Monkeypox is not "constantly circling the globe."

The concern is that the rate at which cases are showing up--that are clearly not connected to one another--indicates community spread, which is not something that has been seen before with this virus.

That is why public health officials are trying to use ring vaccination to prevent additional disease in contacts of cases.

Now I have explained it, but you will still have complaints. Carry on.