MNKYPOX Monkeypox - Consolidated Thread.

phloydius

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helen

helen

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In other words: "We have no concept of the scale of the monkeypox outbreak in the U.S.," says biologist Joseph Osmundson at New York University. "



www.npr.org

Monkeypox outbreak in U.S. is bigger than the CDC reports. Testing is 'abysmal'

The testing system set up by the CDC actually deters doctors from ordering a monkeypox test, and many physicians aren't familiar with the disease, resulting in too few tests and little tracking.
www.npr.org www.npr.org
 
phloydius

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helen said:
Dammit. She is in TEXAS.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1540756433968537600
View: https://twitter.com/MelpomeneMel/status/1540756433968537600?s=20
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Austin is in Travis County, Texas.
Haven't seen this reported anywhere, but this is from the twitter thread Helen posted:

Wyndfaerie @LafranceSonya 8h
Replying to @MelpomeneMel
Contact Austin department of health. There was a case reported in Travis county yesterday from contact with an out of state visitor. They are contact tracing now. Bedding can cause exposure.
 
helen

helen

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1-12020

1-12020

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I don't like this one bit.
Most posts are bad news and seem to point to some serious issues in the near future.
The WHO says , "declines pandemic designation". So it's probably going to be a big deal.
I think next week will show a big uptick and things are going to get more interesting.

With Co v id we didn't have all the other issues. Such as the possibility of WWIII on the horizon, supply chain issues, and insane inflation and and....

If this gets bad... things are going to get real bad.

It's just so crazy how sharp that razors edge we are on.

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helen

helen

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Yes, my timing sucks.

Hopefully you will behave as though you can catch monkeypox at any place outside of your own abode.

Airborne. Fomites. Community spread. Not enough testing.

Protect your eyes, nose, mouth, and skin.

Fomites live for 90 hours.

Masks, hand sanitizer, gloves if you have any possible skin breaks on your hands. Social distancing.

Isolate all deliveries, including mail. If you can move items safely into a vehicle parked in the sun, the heat will kill it. You could use a cardboard box inside a black trash bag placed in the sun.

I'm sorry.
 
psychgirl

psychgirl

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1-12020 said:
I don't like this one bit.
Most posts are bad news and seem to point to some serious issues in the near future.
The WHO says , "declines pandemic designation". So it's probably going to be a big deal.
I think next week will show a big uptick and things are going to get more interesting.

With Co v id we didn't have all the other issues. Such as the possibility of WWIII on the horizon, supply chain issues, and insane inflation and and....

If this gets bad... things are going to get real bad.

It's just so crazy how sharp that razors edge we are on.

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Perfect summary I’d say.
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psychgirl

psychgirl

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helen said:
Yes, my timing sucks.

Hopefully you will behave as though you can catch monkeypox at any place outside of your own abode.

Airborne. Fomites. Community spread. Not enough testing.

Protect your eyes, nose, mouth, and skin.

Fomites live for 90 hours.

Masks, hand sanitizer, gloves if you have any possible skin breaks on your hands. Social distancing.

Isolate all deliveries, including mail. If you can move items safely into a vehicle parked in the sun, the heat will kill it. You could use a cardboard box inside a black trash bag placed in the sun.

I'm sorry.
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And I just realized my palms are dry, with cracks around my thumbs, from so much hand washing at work.
They’re crusty in a couple of places with broken skin.
 
phloydius

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1-12020 said:
I think next week will show a big uptick and things are going to get more interesting.
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I do not disagree. Although I think we'll see a second big uptick in the 2nd or 3rd week of July.

The US is currently doing about 60 tests a day. When the new labs come online to do the testing in "early July", the US will be able to do 8,000 tests a week. With more tests, I expect more positives.
 
psychgirl

psychgirl

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helen said:
Shopping carts, doors, gas stations, card readers could spread fomites. We talked about card readers for covid spread.

Deliveries. Money. Items touched by others.

This is spreading far more easily than the original African strains.
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All of those things are filthy.
Disgusting.
I’ve told my story about the card reader at kroger in the beginning of Covid.
 
TxGal

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I have to ask a question that has been on my mind since these bigger outbreaks of Monkeypox with no apparent connection to one another have started surfacing. Please note that I am NOT casting a shadow on the pox that we've all thought about since helen's early warnings.

I seem to recall not long ago that one of the side effects of the Covid shot(s) mentioned were some type of rash that seemed similar to Chicken Pox. Is it even remotely possible that these rashes are showing up in people who took the shot(s) due to a weakened immune system? Does anyone know if the test they're using for Monkeypox is one that was designed to detect it? We've all read that the test they've used for Covid wasn't even designed for it.

Just wondering a little on the sidelines here. Meanwhile, I've already checked all our PPE and ordered (and received) better N95 masks than we had before. Just in case.
 
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