Round 2: Here's Monkey Pox (2 Viewers)

[Scorpius the Allfather]

I wish the damn comet would just hit already.

Apophis was going to destroy us in 2036 but it's been disproven. Maybe it'll surprise us? We'll know in 2029.

 

[kizzy821]

I remember waiting for 12-21-12 with the hopes something would happen to end it all.

When it came and went without so much as a dead bird dropping out the sky (coupled with Bounty Gate), talk about DEPRESSED.

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

monkeypox-outbreak-is-primarily-spreading-through-sex-who-officials-say.html

Oh good, I'm safe then....

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

Where is it spreading mostly? Still mostly in gay and bisexual men?

That was the narrative out of the UK a couple weeks ago.

This article from Yahoo gives a bit more information.

‘Shocking’ Monkeypox Screw-Up Means We Need to Admit We Now Face Two Pandemics

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyWe blew our chance to quickly contain monkeypox. Now the dangerous virus is spreading fast all over the world.Health experts agree: the outbreak could soon qualify as a pandemic, if it doesn’t already. And the situation is likely to get...

news.yahoo.com

Well it’s not airborne yet. Slow down on the sex. Take a break. We can do this!

 

[SaintInBucLand]

WHO declares rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency

The WHO last issued a global health emergency in response to Covid-19 in January 2020.

www.cnbc.com

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

Should have known the warning signs

 

[Sailorsaint]

 

[Optimus Prime]

Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization has announced, in an effort to avoid stigmatisation.

Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958, but the disease is found in a number of animals, and most frequently in rodents.

“Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term ‘mpox’ as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while ‘monkeypox’ is phased out,” the UN health agency said in a statement……

Monkeypox to be renamed mpox to avoid stigma, says WHO

Disease is found in various animals and it is inaccurate to associate global outbreak with Africa

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sailorsaint]

Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization has announced, in an effort to avoid stigmatisation.

Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958, but the disease is found in a number of animals, and most frequently in rodents.

“Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term ‘mpox’ as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while ‘monkeypox’ is phased out,” the UN health agency said in a statement……

Monkeypox to be renamed mpox to avoid stigma, says WHO

Disease is found in various animals and it is inaccurate to associate global outbreak with Africa

www.theguardian.com

I feel better already....

 

[superchuck500]

As counsel for the international monkey lobby, I applaud this long-overdue action by the WHO.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

They won’t get fooled again!

 

[livefromDC]

As counsel for the international monkey lobby, I applaud this long-overdue action by the WHO.

What are you doing about the defamation of character exhibited in the movie Nope?

 

[superchuck500]

What are you doing about the defamation of character exhibited in the movie Nope?

I’m not at liberty to discuss.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

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.

 

[Optimus Prime]

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.

But the vaccine jingle writes itself