You can die from Monkeypox

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

I never said it's supposed to be scary. Do you think this forum is supposed to be your own personal house of horros? It's an example of transmission from rats through a 3rd party. And, since they're so ubiquitous, I am 100% certain you will be in contact with something that was in contact with rats. I'm not saying that to scare you, I'm just trying to bring a dose of reality.

All the surfaces of the new york city subway system come to mind...

So, the rats are on the floor and maybe on benches, yes? Are you pressing your exposed flesh to the NYC subway floor, or even a bench?

Wait, don't answer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

AYFKM? Rats are everywhere in DC and NYC.

This. And people in the suburbs have various rodents too that can end up in and around homes when development displaces them. We all coexist pretty close to rodent life even if we don't usually see them outside central cities at night.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

AYFKM? Rats are everywhere in DC and NYC.

This. And people in the suburbs have various rodents too that can end up in and around homes when development displaces them. We all coexist pretty close to rodent life even if we don't usually see them outside central cities at night.

Out of an abundance of caution, we should halt all development and shut down any subways.

[Anonymous]

Dang. Last night I had a dream i was with symptoms of monkeypox.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

I never said it's supposed to be scary. Do you think this forum is supposed to be your own personal house of horros? It's an example of transmission from rats through a 3rd party. And, since they're so ubiquitous, I am 100% certain you will be in contact with something that was in contact with rats. I'm not saying that to scare you, I'm just trying to bring a dose of reality.

All the surfaces of the new york city subway system come to mind...

So, the rats are on the floor and maybe on benches, yes? Are you pressing your exposed flesh to the NYC subway floor, or even a bench?

Wait, don't answer.

Uh, wearing shorts/skirts and sitting on benches? Leaning against poles while you wait for the train in a tank top? Wearing sandals of any kind but especially backless ones (flip flops, birks) and taking a wrong step with your foot and touching the ground? using your hand to touch the railings as you go up the stairs? You don't need to lick the floor of the subway to have bodily contact with a surface a rat likely crawled on.

[Anonymous]

Yes you can from monkey pox. Try to avoid orgies for now and cut down on the sex partners you have.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

I never said it's supposed to be scary. Do you think this forum is supposed to be your own personal house of horros? It's an example of transmission from rats through a 3rd party. And, since they're so ubiquitous, I am 100% certain you will be in contact with something that was in contact with rats. I'm not saying that to scare you, I'm just trying to bring a dose of reality.

All the surfaces of the new york city subway system come to mind...

So, the rats are on the floor and maybe on benches, yes? Are you pressing your exposed flesh to the NYC subway floor, or even a bench?

Wait, don't answer.

Uh, wearing shorts/skirts and sitting on benches? Leaning against poles while you wait for the train in a tank top? Wearing sandals of any kind but especially backless ones (flip flops, birks) and taking a wrong step with your foot and touching the ground? using your hand to touch the railings as you go up the stairs? You don't need to lick the floor of the subway to have bodily contact with a surface a rat likely crawled on.

I think it needs more prolonged bodily contact than a simple touch, that's why most cases are via sexual transmission. But I would avoid sitting on public benches and public transit without longer pants/skirts or putting some barrier down. I don't think its so much of a danger TBH, as it's not prolonged contact and probability that public surfaces will be contaminated by someone's sores is still low given numbers of infections are low.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

AYFKM? Rats are everywhere in DC and NYC.

This. And people in the suburbs have various rodents too that can end up in and around homes when development displaces them. We all coexist pretty close to rodent life even if we don't usually see them outside central cities at night.

Yup. We would have no idea that rats were in our neighborhood at all, if they had not chewed through our compost bin 😬

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

You need to read her follow-up Tweet.

“You can’t ring vaccinate yourself out of a disease that you can pick up from mouse droppings in your kitchen.”

She sounds a little nutty.

Rodents have brought humans plague and pestilence since time began. The ignorance you display...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

I never said it's supposed to be scary. Do you think this forum is supposed to be your own personal house of horros? It's an example of transmission from rats through a 3rd party. And, since they're so ubiquitous, I am 100% certain you will be in contact with something that was in contact with rats. I'm not saying that to scare you, I'm just trying to bring a dose of reality.

All the surfaces of the new york city subway system come to mind...

So, the rats are on the floor and maybe on benches, yes? Are you pressing your exposed flesh to the NYC subway floor, or even a bench?

Wait, don't answer.

Uh, wearing shorts/skirts and sitting on benches? Leaning against poles while you wait for the train in a tank top? Wearing sandals of any kind but especially backless ones (flip flops, birks) and taking a wrong step with your foot and touching the ground? using your hand to touch the railings as you go up the stairs? You don't need to lick the floor of the subway to have bodily contact with a surface a rat likely crawled on.

Wow, you do those things? Like, why? It's the NYC subway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

AYFKM? Rats are everywhere in DC and NYC.

This. And people in the suburbs have various rodents too that can end up in and around homes when development displaces them. We all coexist pretty close to rodent life even if we don't usually see them outside central cities at night.

Out of an abundance of caution, we should halt all development and shut down any subways.

At least require everyone to wear complete hazmats suits if they ride them. Hazmat suit mandate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

I never said it's supposed to be scary. Do you think this forum is supposed to be your own personal house of horros? It's an example of transmission from rats through a 3rd party. And, since they're so ubiquitous, I am 100% certain you will be in contact with something that was in contact with rats. I'm not saying that to scare you, I'm just trying to bring a dose of reality.

All the surfaces of the new york city subway system come to mind...

So, the rats are on the floor and maybe on benches, yes? Are you pressing your exposed flesh to the NYC subway floor, or even a bench?

Wait, don't answer.

Uh, wearing shorts/skirts and sitting on benches? Leaning against poles while you wait for the train in a tank top? Wearing sandals of any kind but especially backless ones (flip flops, birks) and taking a wrong step with your foot and touching the ground? using your hand to touch the railings as you go up the stairs? You don't need to lick the floor of the subway to have bodily contact with a surface a rat likely crawled on.

I think it needs more prolonged bodily contact than a simple touch, that's why most cases are via sexual transmission. But I would avoid sitting on public benches and public transit without longer pants/skirts or putting some barrier down. I don't think its so much of a danger TBH, as it's not prolonged contact and probability that public surfaces will be contaminated by someone's sores is still low given numbers of infections are low.

Sitting on a public bench in just your undies is...unwise...for a variety of reasons. Certainly hope that undies accompanied the short skirt/shorts.

Remind me to never, ever go on the subway again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

You need to read her follow-up Tweet.

“You can’t ring vaccinate yourself out of a disease that you can pick up from mouse droppings in your kitchen.”

She sounds a little nutty.

Rodents have brought humans plague and pestilence since time began. The ignorance you display...

No, rodents brought fleas which carried the plague. The actual rats didn't spread it. I'm not concerned AT ALL with skin to skin contact with anything a rat has contacted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t even want to leave the house now.

LOL If rats get it, I still won't care. I'll still have zero skin-to-skin contact with any rats.

There was an outbreak of Monkeypox in 2003 in six midwestern states, where all the cases stemmed fron contact with pet prairie dogs. The prairie dogs had contacts with rats. So, just because you don't have contact with rats, doesn't mean you won't have contact with something else that has contact with rats.

I am 100% certain I will not be in contact with anyone or anything that is in contact with rats. How many people do you think have pet prairie dogs? You're really reaching if you think that's supposed to be scary.

AYFKM? Rats are everywhere in DC and NYC.

This. And people in the suburbs have various rodents too that can end up in and around homes when development displaces them. We all coexist pretty close to rodent life even if we don't usually see them outside central cities at night.

Out of an abundance of caution, we should halt all development and shut down any subways.

At least require everyone to wear complete hazmats suits if they ride them. Hazmat suit mandate.

I am going to take a guess that you do not use public transit

[Anonymous]

I just saw a bit on the news about someone's "harrowing, exhausting two-week struggle with MonkeyPox." They said, we need to warn you that some of the images you're about to see may be disturbing. I couldn't look away.

It was literally like looking at a pimple on a man's cheek and a flat wart on his hand. Literally. It was not disturbing in any way. WTH, media???