Doctors warn new mpox strain is ‘almost certainly’ in UK as Sweden detects first case

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/16/doctors-warn-new-mpox-strain-is-almost-certainly-in-uk/

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  1. Fyi

    > Human-to-human transmission is limited and the virus is transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids or skin lesions as well as indirect contact with lesion materials through items such as contaminated bedding or clothing. It can also spread through respiratory droplets, but does not travel easily by air and requires direct, prolonged contact with someone who has an active rash.

    > Mpox usually presents with a fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes. Early stages (1-3 days) involve headache and backache, sore muscles and lack of energy. Individuals with the infection will also often develop a rash 1-5 days from the onset of symptoms, starting as raised spots before turning into fluid-filled blisters, which ultimately turn into scabs and fall off.

    > Shyam Bishen explains, “The availability of a vaccine is encouraging news in the fight against mpox, but as with COVID-19, equitable distribution and access to vaccines will be a key challenge globally due to uneven rollouts and uptake rates between high-income and low-and-middle-income countries.

    >”To counter this challenge, the World Economic Forum – in partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the US National Academy of Medicine – has launched the Distributed Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative. The Collaborative addresses inequitable vaccine access by supporting the establishment of a sustainable and robust global network of versatile vaccine manufacturing facilities capable of producing vaccines to protect individuals in pandemic and non-pandemic times.” https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/08/monkeypox-virus-what-you-need-to-know-zoonosis-smallpox-public-health/

  2. Electric_Death_1349 on

    What does noted public health expert and frequent flyer on the Lolita Express Bill Gates have to say about this – is this the “next pandemic” he warned us about, the one he claimed would be “even deadlier”?

  3. somethingbrite on

    At least with the mpox you can see the lumpy people coming from a distance away and steer clear…

  4. SnooGiraffes449 on

    For covid nearly all my colleagues got furlough with full pay whereas I had to work! I’m hoping this time I get the furlough, I could use a break!

  5. Mysterious_Sugar7220 on

    A few weeks ago I was on a train with a woman who had a pronounced blistery rash all over her arms and legs that she kept scratching. They looked like bubbles with black dots. Looking at the images it definitely looked like mpox