https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2vv0pgggqzo
A new strain of the mpox virus spreading quickly along the eastern border of Democratic Republic of Congo is "incredibly worrying", say health officials monitoring its spread.
The virus, which can cause lesions across the whole body, is making some people very ill and can be deadly.
The current outbreak has been driven by sexual transmission but there is evidence this strain can also be passed on through close skin-to-skin contact.
Global health experts say the new variant risks cross-border and international spread of the virus, with one calling it the "most dangerous strain yet".
Official figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) show there have been nearly 8,000 cases this year in DR Congo, including 384 deaths - almost half of these among children under 15.
An outbreak in South Kivu province, near the border with Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, is causing particular concern.
Lab testing of virus samples from the area recently found the new mpox strain, which contains mutations that appear to help it circulate among humans.
So, mutating from a sexually transmitted disease to a skin-contact transmission.
And carriers don't neccesarily show symptoms.
This makes it a tad worrying. Because it won't be screened at airports.
The link shows you what it looks like if you catch it. And if you survive it, all those "pimples" turn to scars.
Now, there is a vaccination available... but I'm sure a good lot of you, should it spread internationally, won't be pushing that juice into your veins.
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@shavixmir
There is a vaccine against the mpox in Germany Imvanex(R) , in USA Jynneos(R).
Edit: If you have had your pox immunization as youth (I did) you only need one shot.
@Ponderable saidI know.
@shavixmir
There is a vaccine against the mpox in Germany Imvanex(R) , in USA Jynneos(R).
Edit: If you have had your pox immunization as youth (I did) you only need one shot.
However, my post was more aimed at the anti-vaxxers on this site…
@shavixmir saidmonkey pox=sex freaks
I know.
However, my post was more aimed at the anti-vaxxers on this site…
we all pay the price
@Mott-The-Hoople saidYou did realize that the new2 strain is transmittable witout the sex part?
monkey pox=sex freaks
we all pay the price
@Cliff-Mashburn saidSo you fixed slavery and it's after effects? Paid off all the reparations did ya??
Oh great, another gift from Africa that we'll have to fix.
@kmax87 saidSlavery hasn't been fixed kmax, it still exists today but it's not as sexy when it's people of colour enslaving other people of colour, as it was 100 years ago, 200 years ago, 300 years ago, as far back as you'd like to go.
So you fixed slavery and it's after effects? Paid off all the reparations did ya??
You give them a free pass
Are you sure you don't owe some reparations yourself.