Round 2: Here's Monkey Pox (Now called Mpox - first case in US) (2 Viewers)

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Mr. Sparkle said:
WHO just keeps lighting themselves on fire, then jumping in a gas tank, over and over.

Seriously if you want people to take the disease seriously, "monkeypox" sounds much scarier than "mpox". Seems counterproductive to me.
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Sounds easy enough for humans but why should monkeys be forced to live as second-class citizens, stained by the stigma of this disease that has no more to do with them than a host of other species? If we don't force the WHO to be judicious and thoughtful about possible harm in the naming of pox, what's to stop them from naming the next one human pox? Maybe it won't be so easy then?


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superchuck500 said:
Sounds easy enough for humans but why should monkeys be forced to live as second-class citizens, stained by the stigma of this disease that has no more to do with them than a host of other species? If we don't force the WHO to be judicious and thoughtful about possible harm in the naming of pox, what's to stop them from naming the next one human pox? Maybe it won't be so easy then?


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As a member of the Eagle Coalition, I abhor the blatant tribalism you monkey followers perpepuate.
 
Monkey monkey



When we're all dying of monkey pox we can think of a good song and substitute the word funky with monkey.
 
Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa.

The department of disease control said laboratory tests on the 66-year-old had confirmed he was infected with the mpox Clade 1b variant.

“Thailand’s Department of Disease Control wishes to confirm the lab test result which shows mpox Clade 1b in a European patient,” the department said in a statement, adding that the World Health Organization (WHO) would be informed of the development.……

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Thailand confirms Asia’s first known case of new deadlier mpox variant

The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox
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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency on Monday launched a six-month plan to help stanch outbreaks of mpox transmission, including ramping up staffing in affected countries and boosting surveillance, prevention and response strategies.

The World Health Organization said it expects the plan from September through February next year will require $135 million in funding and aims to improve fair access to vaccines, notably in African countries hardest hit by the outbreak.

“The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries can be controlled, and can be stopped,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement.

The agency is “significantly scaling up staff” in affected countries, it said. In mid-August, WHO classified the current mpox outbreak as a global health emergency.…..

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WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped

The U.N. health agency has launched a six-month plan to help stanch outbreaks of mpox transmission. It includes ramping up staffing in affected countries and boosting surveillance, prevention and response strategies.
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For doctors and nurses fighting mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the virus itself is not the only enemy. They are also facing swirling rumours and misinformation.

The first of millions of promised doses of mpox vaccine have finally started to arrive. Now the focus is on ensuring that people who need them will take them when the vaccination campaign begins next month, and teaching wider communities how to protect themselves.

Conspiracy theories spreading across the country include the suggestion that mpox has been invented by white people in order to sterilise Congolese people with vaccines – or that it is just a money-making scheme from pharmaceutical companies. Mistrust in medical institutions and treatments is in many cases a legacy of racist colonial policies.


“You see this kind of misinformation – and it spreads [more] quickly than the normal information,” said Dr Junior Mudji, chief of research at Vanga hospital in the west of the DRC.

With about 26,000 mpox cases reported across the DRC this year, officials are working to combat myths, teach people how to prevent infection and where to seek treatment, and lay the groundwork for vaccine acceptance.

The immunisation campaign is likely to be highly targeted and initially offered to frontline health workers and other groups particularly at risk, including contacts of known cases. Information on prevention and self-care, however, including the importance of regular hand-washing, needs to reach everyone.

Polling of almost 200,000 people in the DRC carried out this month by the UN children’s agency, Unicef, found only 56% had heard of mpox. There was patchy knowledge of symptoms and of how the virus was transmitted and could be prevented.

It is a challenging arena in which to spread reliable information. The DRC is a vast country with many remote areas that are hard to reach by road, and less than half of the population has a mobile phone.……

www.theguardian.com

Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins

Poll suggests half of Congolese have not heard of deadly disease, as conspiracy theories and rumours spread
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Optimus Prime said:
Conspiracy theories spreading across the country include the suggestion that mpox has been invented by white people in order to sterilise Congolese people with vaccines – or that it is just a money-making scheme from pharmaceutical companies. Mistrust in medical institutions and treatments is in many cases a legacy of racist colonial policies.


“You see this kind of misinformation – and it spreads [more] quickly than the normal information,” said Dr Junior Mudji, chief of research at Vanga hospital in the west of the DRC.

With about 26,000 mpox cases reported across the DRC this year, officials are working to combat myths, teach people how to prevent infection and where to seek treatment, and lay the groundwork for vaccine acceptance.

The immunisation campaign is likely to be highly targeted and initially offered to frontline health workers and other groups particularly at risk, including contacts of known cases. Information on prevention and self-care, however, including the importance of regular hand-washing, needs to reach everyone.

Polling of almost 200,000 people in the DRC carried out this month by the UN children’s agency, Unicef, found only 56% had heard of mpox. There was patchy knowledge of symptoms and of how the virus was transmitted and could be prevented.

It is a challenging arena in which to spread reliable information. The DRC is a vast country with many remote areas that are hard to reach by road, and less than half of the population has a mobile phone.……

www.theguardian.com

Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins

Poll suggests half of Congolese have not heard of deadly disease, as conspiracy theories and rumours spread
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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It's interesting to see that even a country in Africa shares so much with everyday Americans.

Unfortunately, that similarity in this case is a lack of education that leads to them believing conspiracy theories and being susceptible to gaslighting that is going to get a lot of people killed.
 

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