Would be so easy to do as well. Even other countries with shitty governments are doing that. Providing vaccination to current at risk groups, telling people about the virus, etc. It's literally done that's being done right now by :kkkanada:
Every day that Biden doesn't drop a grumpy on live television is a win for this administration.
And monkeypox, just like COVID, may become a long-term — perhaps even permanent — problem here in the U.S.
Oh well, nothing to be done. This is just the new normal. Please stop bothering your doctors.
the U.S. has recorded 201 cases of monkeypox
the CDC told the New York Times it has performed 1,058 monkeypox tests
:thinking-about-it:
So a 20% positive rate? Hey CDC, think maybe you might should be doing some more fucking tests? Jesus Christ
Yeah people are self diagnosing on social media.
Canada seems to be taking it seriously though, men that are part of the LGBT community can get the latest, more mild side effects, smallpox vaccine in certain areas.
Wonder what's going to happen when the monkeypox starts spreading among the straights though, are they going to go full denial and do homophobic AIDS style talking points? Because it isn't a gay disease obviously, it's just spreading among gay and bi men for now because the first superspreader event was at a pride festival, on a Spanish territory off the coast of West Africa.
when the monkeypox starts spreading among the straights...
That's a good question. In 2021 over and over again I made fun of the republicans by asking questions like "What would they do if covid gave people nasty boils all over their body?" I never could quite decide what they would do. It would be insane for them not to mask up. But masking in their brain was entirely tribal and political. And their Team Red tribe was anti-mask and even worse - wearing a mask was a sign somebody was the other tribe - Team Blue. It's like a Red Sox fan wearing a Yankees baseball cap.
And yet here we are on the cusp of libs starting to face a disease that actually gives you pustules. Everything is so broken in the US could the libs actually start making homophobic AIDS style talking points? It seems possible to me.
In 2021 over and over again I made fun of the republicans by asking questions like “What would they do if covid gave people nasty boils all over their body?”
Can you please start making jokes about Xi conquering the United States and giving us forced communism
Best I can do is a cooperative transition done for the entire west coast recognized as the independent nation of Cascadia. At least we will finally have that high speed rail CA keeps talking about...
The thing is this monkeypox is different from previous strains, in the early stages of infection the pustules look like pimples, apparently the only tell is constant odd coloured fluid leaking out if you squeeze it. The ugly pustules only develop at a later stage or in serious cases.
Also it's presenting with genital sores now as well, and sores on the lips, and around other orifices. So there may be some form of sexual transmission involved.
I think chuds are going to watch their penises rot because they're too scared to admit they got the "gay monkeypox disease". And liberals will do some moral grandstanding, underplay the risks of the virus to not seem "homophobic", or some other brainwored stuff.
Is monkey pox deadly?
Snopes ™ fact check©®:
Misleading.
While monkeypox can kill you, there are no recorded deaths at this point in time, so it's all fine
"How was your pride vacation?"
"I caught Monkeypox"
Fuck, and I say this with my entire chest, 2022.
Isn’t it fucking crazy how I look back on 2020 fondly because everything since has been worse
Does anyone know whether it actually spreads through the air? So far I've only seen ifs and maybes
This is from a few weeks ago...
archive.today • Monkeypox Can Be Airborne, Too - The New York Times
It would be great if the CDC was actually informing the public and doing their fucking job instead of doing all kinds of weird, suspicious shit...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance last week for travelers wishing to protect themselves against monkeypox. This was one of its recommendations: “Wear a mask. Wearing a mask can help protect you from many diseases, including monkeypox.”
Late Monday night, that recommendation was deleted.
“C.D.C. removed the mask recommendation from the monkeypox travel health notice because it caused confusion,” the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
Pretty much all known cases of monkeypox infection till last year did not come from droplets suspended in the air that infected other humans, but more direct ways of droplet infection. While it is possible the viral load of such droplets are typically to small. It is much more common that direct contact: sex, kisses, maybe hugs, do transfer it. But so can using clothing of an infected person and maybe shared surfaces ie glasses.
So the main point is that it is typically a droplet infection chain with the usual ways. It is really uncommon to spread from human to human though, unless people are slightly immune compromised(Edit: Which means it is a change to expected behavior that it does transmit so easily now, evolution might've happened) or if local outbreaks about some thresholds happen.
I did translate and condense the main information of some German reader about monkey pox for informed amateurs here. So if you want to wear a mask, but it is in the air not as infectious as covid and keep distance to people and wash your cloth and hands (and theirs).
Dandruff of them can be infectious for a long time if viral secrete is embedded in them, this is one way that if you spend a longer time with someone with monkey pox you can get infected since you might inhale them. Monkey pox is infectious on surfaces for quite a long time, so clean your table wear if you do open kitchens well now.
I am not a medical professional so anything that you read is pure speculation for sci fi novels.
It is much more common that direct contact: sex, kisses, maybe hugs
Antisocials can't stop winning.
Good news, then, we have testing enough for it to be 'abysmal' and not 'non-existent'
Bad news: everything else about the situation
‘abysmal’ and not ‘non-existent’
That's technically true. But the news is ~3 minute segment and it's very fucking damning. If NPR is saying something that critical about the US - you know everything is fubar.
“damn this sucks but nothing could be done.”
I think that's the ne plus ultra of liberalism.
The CDC would not divulge to NPR how many tests have been performed across the country, nor will the agency say where community transmission is likely occurring in the U.S. (NPR emailed the agency multiple times about these questions but the press person declined to comment or provide an interview.)
I guess releasing that data wouldn't support their current narrative
So they're just not saying anything about this? Awesome. Real glad the CDC exists
Death to America
