Mainecat Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Expert: Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe Source: AP By MARIA CHENG LONDON (AP) — A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. David Heymann, who formerly headed WHO’s emergencies department, said the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals. “We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission,” said Heymann. That marks a significant departure from the disease’s typical pattern of spread in central and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates and outbreaks have not spilled across borders. FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File) Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-world-organization-united-nations-animals-72a9efaaf5b55ace396398b839847505 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Spreads through gays like a dumb thought through DU so be careful out there MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Monkeypox updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Smallpox vaccine is effective at preventing monkey pox. Not really a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted May 24, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 24, 2022 Stock up on toilet paper people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Skidooski said: Stock up on toilet paper people You out of pillows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crnr2Crnr Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) You may as well just open a monkey pox forum right away @ckf 😂 Edited May 25, 2022 by Crnr2Crnr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Or perhaps just relabel the Covid forum, Lloyd's Conspiracies and other complete nonsense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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