bw
Fringe Ranger
Maybe it's how they let the herd sleep a little longer while it builds up steam. It should be interesting when schools start up again.
MNKYPOX Monkeypox - Consolidated Thread.
- Thread starter Tigerlily
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TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
THAT'S a marketing ploy.
"Ooh! Be special and get one of the rare editions! Hurry! Supplies are running out!"
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
IMHO, the global percentage numbers are just as important as the daily case numbers being reported. This gives all of us a better overall view as to what's actually going on worldwide. Probably, neither are 100% accurate, but gives us an idea.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
........you'd start spouting quotes from the founding fathers. Your username says it all.You know me.
I wouldn’t be able to do that with a straight face.
I’d just make a scene, and then, well…..….
SouthernBreeze
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Samuel Adams
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bracketquant
Veteran Member
Most likely not.
If you place yourself in the mindset of those others, you then realize they don't know who the founders were, let alone any of their quotes. So long as you don't use words like freedom, liberty, and republic, you should be safe.
If you slip up and mention something like manifest destiny, then you might be a goner.
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
98% of them don't know the meaning of manifest destiny
abby normal
insert appropriate adjective here
No doubt. People didn't freak out enough when covid was killing the elderly, but monkeypox is a perfect opportunity to remove freedoms and finish the job they began with covid, because they are going after our kids now.
"We must lock down and vaccinate, for the children!"
Images of little kids and infants with painful sores will motivate many people to go along. Instead of "killing grandma " you'll be "murdering precious little baby Sally".
As others have mentioned we are very early in the game right now- I expect to see stories change re: methods of transmission, severity, etc. much like what happened with covid. Today it may be mild and not fatal- but who knows what it will look like by Thanksgiving.
Browsing the news, reports of how monkeypox transmits are all over the place, some articles seem to contradict each other.
I got a real bad feeling about this.
bw
Fringe Ranger
That's obvious.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
A globalist government bioweapon, yes.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
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bracketquant
Veteran Member
With 9 states at 5 or less verified cases, at least it looks like it is not currently being spread through air travel.
BenIan
Veteran Member
Super-Mega-Ultra-Uber Spreader Event (Sept. 1 - Sept. 5)
Southern Decadence | New Orleans
Link is safe. It just goes to NOLA tourism website. No eye bleach or blinders needed.
Southern Decadence | New Orleans
Link is safe. It just goes to NOLA tourism website. No eye bleach or blinders needed.
phloydius
Veteran Member
Some good news on that front, they decided to cancel the “The Bourbon Street Extravanganza” which is the largest attraction at Southern Decadence. It is a huge concert that was expected to bring in about 20,000 people. There are still plenty of other attractions at the event, however.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Let’s hope so
phloydius
Veteran Member
Around this time each day, I make a note of the cumulative cases in the USA and in the world.
Yesterday, it was 13517 & 40022. Today it is 14115 and 41103. The difference is 598 and 1081.
That means in the last 24 hour, the USA was 55% of the total new cases in the world.
Yesterday, it was 13517 & 40022. Today it is 14115 and 41103. The difference is 598 and 1081.
That means in the last 24 hour, the USA was 55% of the total new cases in the world.
phloydius
Veteran Member
I was thinking about it after I posted this, had a realization that with all the variability in reporting days and time zones, though maybe a week over week change might be more meaningful.
Last Friday it was 10768 & 34424. Today is 14115 & 41103. The difference is 3347 & 6679.
That means over the last week, the USA was 50.1% of the total new cases in the world!
I was hoping that realization might make me feel a little better. It did not.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I think the sure sign of how this thing is going to go will be in a few weeks after all the schools and universities open. Until then, I'm gonna hold off on making any more predictions/preparations for me and my family.
bw
Fringe Ranger
Haven't seen any reason yet to change my end-September lockdown estimate. The curve is running slower than expected, though.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Six colleges have cases already.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yeah, I saw that. We'll see how it goes. Will schools become over run with it, or will it just be sporadic cases here and there?
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Who knows.
abby normal
insert appropriate adjective here
One thing I've noticed in reading around the web, most people are not concerned at all because "it's a gay thing". Folks are more concerned with politics and war.
I don't advocate going into panic mode but this has the potential to really bite us in the ass. It has started as "a gay thing " but my money says it won't remain that way.
I don't advocate going into panic mode but this has the potential to really bite us in the ass. It has started as "a gay thing " but my money says it won't remain that way.
bw
Fringe Ranger
Medicine is politics now. MP was wargamed a year or two ago as the next plague. It is covered by documentation saying it would appear in the same month that it actually did start making the news. It has all the earmarks of a planned event. It is appearing at just the point that the current administration really could use an emergency. Barring a replacement emergency, this is in the lead for the Next Big Thing. It would be naive to look only at the numbers.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Cary and I have a great system worked out. We're both very observant. He is in charge of all things political, economical, and warish. I keep up with all the prepping topics, shortages, and medical. So, we're pretty well covered. We try to stay well prepared for just about anything, so as not to have to panic when something new comes along. That's not to say that we won't ever get caught by surprise by something.
Doomer Doug
TB Fanatic
My read is monkey pox is a std, sexualy transmitted disease, mostly from gays from skin to skin contact and or contaminated sheets, towels and linen.
The kids and dog likely got infected from linen although who really knows?
It is relatively easy to catch from physical contact.
If you avoid close contact with gays you reduce your chances of infection by orders of degree and that is why the media refuses to call it a gay std or use the word gay.
As usual the rule: don't do stupid things, with stupid preople at stupid places applies.
Gay gatherings are ground zero for monkey pox.
The kids and dog likely got infected from linen although who really knows?
It is relatively easy to catch from physical contact.
If you avoid close contact with gays you reduce your chances of infection by orders of degree and that is why the media refuses to call it a gay std or use the word gay.
As usual the rule: don't do stupid things, with stupid preople at stupid places applies.
Gay gatherings are ground zero for monkey pox.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
Dude with the loin cloth and plunger is extremely close to eye bleach territory.
bw
Fringe Ranger
It may have been gay once, but I'm guessing that persistence and enthusiasm of hetero participants will help it take root in broader fields.
BenIan
Veteran Member
I know it's not just a homosexual disease, nevertheless Southern Decadence will have a role in increasing the numbers.