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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: jingle.boy on May 19, 2022, 08:13:45 PM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61506562
The first case of the disease in the UK was reported on 7 May. The patient had recently travelled to Nigeria, where they are believed to have caught the virus before travelling to England, the UK Health Security Agency said.
There are now nine confirmed cases in the UK. The source of these infections has not yet been confirmed but cases seem to have been "locally acquired", the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
In Europe, one confirmed case was reported in Sweden on Thursday, as well as one in Italy and a suspected case in France. Swedish authorities said they were not sure how the individual had contracted the virus, but local media report that the individual in Italy had recently returned from the Canary Islands.
Five confirmed cases were also reported in Portugal on Wednesday, as well as seven in Spain.
The first 2 confirmed cases in Canada came out today; 11 more suspected.
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Wow, that's bananas.
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Monke pox
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Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which is usually mild and from which most people recover in a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.
The virus does not spread easily between people and the risk to the wider public is said to be very low.
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Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which is usually mild and from which most people recover in a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.
The virus does not spread easily between people and the risk to the wider public is said to be very low.
I sure hope so. But for a disease that is rarely seen outside of Africa to spread to so many countries so fast is mildly alarming.
I hope this is like the Murder Hornet fad from a couple years back. Seemed to have the potential to be pretty ruthless, but turned out to be a nothing-burger. A lot of us thought that's what COVID was going to be.
Just something to be aware of for the moment.
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Wow, that's bananas.
:lol
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Nick's wedding is going to be a Monkeypox super spreader event... I can't wait!
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Nick's wedding is going to be a Monkeypox super spreader event... I can't wait!
*insert joke about tuxedos and monkey suits*
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Nick's wedding is going to be a Monkeypox super spreader event... I can't wait!
:djhef:
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I remember the beginning of the first covid thread, about 400 pages ago, when we were all flippant and lighthearted like this...
Good times....
*cries*
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Wow, that's bananas.
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Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which is usually mild and from which most people recover in a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.
The virus does not spread easily between people and the risk to the wider public is said to be very low.
I sure hope so. But for a disease that is rarely seen outside of Africa to spread to so many countries so fast is mildly alarming.
I hope this is like the Murder Hornet fad from a couple years back. Seemed to have the potential to be pretty ruthless, but turned out to be a nothing-burger. A lot of us thought that's what COVID was going to be.
Just something to be aware of for the moment.
Murder Hornet fad?!! WTF?!! :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which is usually mild and from which most people recover in a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.
The virus does not spread easily between people and the risk to the wider public is said to be very low.
I sure hope so. But for a disease that is rarely seen outside of Africa to spread to so many countries so fast is mildly alarming.
I hope this is like the Murder Hornet fad from a couple years back. Seemed to have the potential to be pretty ruthless, but turned out to be a nothing-burger. A lot of us thought that's what COVID was going to be.
Just something to be aware of for the moment.
Murder Hornet fad?!! WTF?!! :rollin :rollin :rollin
This was all over the North American news last summer for a couple of weeks - https://www.livescience.com/murder-hornet-nest-destroyed-2021.html
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W.A.S.P. :metal :metal :metal
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:lol
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Shit, look out Brent!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/monkeypox-case-in-sydney-and-melbourne/101084864
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Shit, look out Brent!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/monkeypox-case-in-sydney-and-melbourne/101084864
Apparently the guy who brought it in is a touring metal musician which means that Brisbane will be safe :biggrin:
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Shit, look out Brent!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/monkeypox-case-in-sydney-and-melbourne/101084864
Apparently the guy who brought it in is a touring metal musician which means that Brisbane will be safe :biggrin:
:lol :lol Phew!! ;D
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Shaq Hornet. Big dude.
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I know most of ya'll probably think I'm going all Chicken Little, but just to share some awareness:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/monkeypox-canada-global-outbreak-1.6461880?cmp=rss
Exerpts:
Five cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Quebec and Canada's chief public health officer said Friday provinces are continuing to investigate "a couple dozen" possible cases throughout Canada — with more likely to be confirmed in the days and weeks ahead.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday there are currently about 80 confirmed cases worldwide, with another 50 pending investigation and more likely to be reported as global surveillance expands.
West and Central Africa typically see thousands of endemic cases reported annually, but monkeypox cases outside of Africa are rare and largely tied to travel. What sets this global outbreak apart is the rise in cases with no known travel origin.
"What we're seeing right now is unprecedented. We have multiple geographic locations across the globe that are reporting cases … What is the epidemiological link between these cases and is there anything that is related back to changes within the virus?"
The current strain circulating globally appears to be the West African, but genomic sequencing is currently ongoing in Canada and around the world to determine whether it has any distinct genetic mutations.
"There's always that question of, have things changed?" said Kindrachuk.
William Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-director of its Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, says the strain looks closely related to what has circulated in West Africa in 2018, but more research is needed.
"It's certainly behaving differently in the sense that it's much more widespread. Because up until very recently, there had been a handful of countries outside Africa to which it had been introduced," he told CBC News.
"There's obviously something different going on here. Now, what's making that difference is currently unknown." Hanage said the current strain of monkeypox circulating in at least 11 countries, including Canada, appears to be more transmissible, with a reproductive number likely above one, given that the global outbreak is continuing to grow in unknown size.
If COVID should have taught us anything, it's that virus' mutate. What we (the world) thought we knew about virus' can be obsolete.
Of course, the anti-vax crowd is now jumping on this saying it's just shingles, and a way to force the shingles vaccine on everyone. You know what you clowns, go and get shingles then, and enjoy that torture.
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I'm due to get my second shingles shot.
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Of course, the anti-vax crowd is now jumping on this saying it's just shingles, and a way to force the shingles vaccine on everyone. You know what you clowns, go and get shingles then, and enjoy that torture.
I feel like you would be happier and less stressed about covid if you just stopped paying attention to the news and/or anti vax people. :hug:
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I know most of ya'll probably think I'm going all Chicken Little,
Nah, why would we think that?…
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Of course, the anti-vax crowd is now jumping on this saying it's just shingles, and a way to force the shingles vaccine on everyone. You know what you clowns, go and get shingles then, and enjoy that torture.
So are we going to see a monkey pox vaccine in the near future then?
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Of course, the anti-vax crowd is now jumping on this saying it's just shingles, and a way to force the shingles vaccine on everyone. You know what you clowns, go and get shingles then, and enjoy that torture.
So are we going to see a monkey pox vaccine in the near future then?
Unlikely... the Smallpox vaccine is supposed to do a sufficient job in providing protection - but since Smallpox was eradicated in the 70s, there’s a generation of people (this guy included) who never got/needed that vaccine.
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So if any you happened to visit a rave in Europe then you should start worrying, I guess?
https://apnews.com/article/health-world-organization-united-nations-animals-72a9efaaf5b55ace396398b839847505
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/cdc-officials-sound-alarm-for-gay-and-bisexual-men-as-monkeypox-spreads-in-community-.html
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I read that it was passed through sexual contact, so I felt the majority of the dtf.org community would be safe.
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:lol
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Oh thank god. :rollin
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I read that it was passed through sexual contact, so I felt the majority of the dtf.org community would be safe.
:lol Outstanding!
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I read that it was passed through sexual contact, so I felt the majority of the dtf.org community would be safe.
WOOOOOO. ;D
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I read that it was passed through sexual contact, so I felt the majority of the dtf.org community would be safe.
Ok, you know what?
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...Yes.
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I have a headache tonight will turn into, I do not want Monkeypox tonight. :lol
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:zydarscouch:
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Zy is impervious to diseases. Built up immunity obviously.
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I read that it was passed through sexual contact, so I felt the majority of the dtf.org community would be safe.
:rollin :rollin :rollin
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/07/cdc-raises-monkeypox-alert-as-global-cases-surpass-1000.html
As of Monday, 1,019 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox have so far been reported in 29 countries, according to the public health body.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/two-versions-of-monkeypox-are-circulating-in-the-u-s-cdc-says-141568581642
Concerns are growing over the monkeypox virus in the U.S. as the CDC is now saying the cases appear to be coming from two different outbreaks.
:dunno:
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Source: https://ussanews.com/2022/07/12/the-number-of-monkeypox-cases-in-new-york-city-has-doubled-again/
British scientists estimate the outbreak is doubling in size about every two weeks and said it’s likely cases are being undercounted. They said that in nearly 80% of cases, there is no information about whether or not the person had contact with a confirmed case, meaning the virus is spreading undetected.
If cases keep doubling in the UK at that rate, there will be more than a million confirmed British cases by the end of 2022.
Here in the United States, it appears that monkeypox is spreading even faster. The number of likely monkeypox cases in New York City has once again doubled in a week.
As of Monday, July 12, 267 people in the city have tested positive for orthopoxvirus (see below) and all likely have monkeypox, according to the city’s Health Department. That is up from 111 cases on July 5 and more than quadruple the number from a week prior to that.
267 cases is certainly not the end of the world, but if cases keep doubling every week New York City will also have more than a million confirmed cases by the end of the year.
In Chicago, the very first case was confirmed less than a month ago, and now the total number of cases is up to 105…
And the news today was another 70 or so cases in NYC.
Global case count is over 10,000 - more than 5x the number of cases the world had seen in the last 30 years. I guess this is what we get with a couple of generations not vax'd against Small pox? Or that this version of Monkeypox is different than what we've known.
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I guess this is what we get with a couple of generations not vax'd against Small pox? Or that this version of Monkeypox is different than what we've known.
I don't know.....this type of crap can make me get conspiratorial real quick......
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I guess this is what we get with a couple of generations not vax'd against Small pox? Or that this version of Monkeypox is different than what we've known.
I don't know.....this type of crap can make me get conspiratorial real quick......
Genuine question - what do you mean by that?
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I guess this is what we get with a couple of generations not vax'd against Small pox? Or that this version of Monkeypox is different than what we've known.
I don't know.....this type of crap can make me get conspiratorial real quick......
Genuine question - what do you mean by that?
That this was introduced intentionally right as the ‘worry’ and hype over Covid and the control it brought has subsided.
Do I truly believe that? No. BUT…..at this point it’s just as easy to buy into as any other theory.
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I guess this is what we get with a couple of generations not vax'd against Small pox? Or that this version of Monkeypox is different than what we've known.
I don't know.....this type of crap can make me get conspiratorial real quick......
Genuine question - what do you mean by that?
That this was introduced intentionally right as the ‘worry’ and hype over Covid and the control it brought has subsided.
Do I truly believe that? No. BUT…..at this point it’s just as easy to buy into as any other theory.
It's really not that easy to buy into.
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I mean, a disease which has affected barely anyone (from a worldwide perspective) in 2 months and has seen no specific public health measures as a ccconsequence of it seems like a poor choice as a method of control.
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That this was introduced intentionally right as the ‘worry’ and hype over Covid and the control it brought has subsided.
Do I truly believe that? No. BUT…..at this point it’s just as easy to buy into as any other theory.
Introduced intentionally? You mean some nefarious person or persons unleashed Monkeypox (which was first discovered in 1958) into the UK as a means to control the US population? Or introduced by US media/government as some sort of false flag?
I'm seriously lost by this line of thinking (yes...I don't think YOU believe this gmillerdrake). Is this something coming from the Alex Jones/Qanon realm? Cause it seems pretty easy to poke holes in this theory.
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I think this is where just plain text does not bode well for someone as sarcastic as I am. Before this gets out of control try to read my responses to Chad with a heavy tilt on the sarcasm side.
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What I read in Gary’s post is that looking at the timing alone, nut jobs can/will buy in to some form of conspiracy. I’m sure many could/would buy that it’s a product of COVID vaccination as well.
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I think this is where just plain text does not bode well for someone as sarcastic as I am. Before this gets out of control try to read my responses to Chad with a heavy tilt on the sarcasm side.
I hear you. I wasn't meaning to rapid fire questions AT you. Poking holes in conspiracy theories is one of those things I enjoy. Weird, I know. :lol
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I think this is where just plain text does not bode well for someone as sarcastic as I am. Before this gets out of control try to read my responses to Chad with a heavy tilt on the sarcasm side.
I hear you. I wasn't meaning to rapid fire questions AT you. Poking holes in conspiracy theories is one of those things I enjoy. Weird, I know. :lol
It’s all good…..as I said….I forget sometimes that it’s impossible to know the tone behind these things we post. I’ve spoken with Chad numerous times so I knew he’d ‘get’ my posts cuz he kind of knows my delivery. Then I saw you guys getting ‘real’ with it and wanted to make sure it didn’t get too far gone. :lol
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I think this is where just plain text does not bode well for someone as sarcastic as I am. Before this gets out of control try to read my responses to Chad with a heavy tilt on the sarcasm side.
I hear you. I wasn't meaning to rapid fire questions AT you. Poking holes in conspiracy theories is one of those things I enjoy. Weird, I know. :lol
It’s all good…..as I said….I forget sometimes that it’s impossible to know the tone behind these things we post. I’ve spoken with Chad numerous times so I knew he’d ‘get’ my posts cuz he kind of knows my delivery. Then I saw you guys getting ‘real’ with it and wanted to make sure it didn’t get too far gone. :lol
It is hard to tell. Gary, you seem to lean right as far as I can tell, so I took you kind of seriously. And leaning right is just fine in my book, because at the end of the day we're just two guys having a conversation over a couple of diet cokes. :)
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I think this is where just plain text does not bode well for someone as sarcastic as I am. Before this gets out of control try to read my responses to Chad with a heavy tilt on the sarcasm side.
I hear you. I wasn't meaning to rapid fire questions AT you. Poking holes in conspiracy theories is one of those things I enjoy. Weird, I know. :lol
It’s all good…..as I said….I forget sometimes that it’s impossible to know the tone behind these things we post. I’ve spoken with Chad numerous times so I knew he’d ‘get’ my posts cuz he kind of knows my delivery. Then I saw you guys getting ‘real’ with it and wanted to make sure it didn’t get too far gone. :lol
It is hard to tell. Gary, you seem to lean right as far as I can tell, so I took you kind of seriously. And leaning right is just fine in my book, because at the end of the day we're just two guys having a conversation over a couple of diet cokes. :)
I don’t consider myself a ‘far right’ person. I’m certainly more conservative than most on this board and being that we’re stuck between having to choose between two parties I’d be in the Repub camp I suppose……but I’m not ‘far right’ by any means.
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Well, to be fair, I didn't say you were "far right", I just said it seems that you lean right.
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Well, to be fair, I didn't say you were "far right", I just said it seems that you lean right.
That’s exactly what someone who doesn’t believe monkey pox was introduced by the government to control the citizenry would say.
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Well, to be fair, I didn't say you were "far right", I just said it seems that you lean right.
That’s exactly what someone who doesn’t believe monkey pox was introduced by the government to control the citizenry would say.
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Gary, I said you "lean right" which you confirmed with this..
I don’t consider myself a ‘far right’ person. I’m certainly more conservative than most on this board and being that we’re stuck between having to choose between two parties I’d be in the Repub camp I suppose……but I’m not ‘far right’ by any means.
I never said anything about "far right" ..not once..or even insinuated it..
I am not sure why you feel the need to defend it. I never mentioned anything about "far right".
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Tim….I was TOTALLY joking……completely. I thought you’d pick up on it given the ridiculousness of the post.
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Tim….I was TOTALLY joking……completely. I thought you’d pick up on it given the ridiculousness of the post.
Someone eviscerated Tim's humour gene recently. Maybe he spent some time with Stadler. :rollin :rollin
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He needs to listen to some Winger to mellow out ;D
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The "k" is silent.
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Tim….I was TOTALLY joking……completely. I thought you’d pick up on it given the ridiculousness of the post.
Someone eviscerated Tim's humour gene recently. Maybe he spent some time with Stadler. :rollin :rollin
Fuck that; even I got the joke. :)
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Tim….I was TOTALLY joking……completely. I thought you’d pick up on it given the ridiculousness of the post.
Someone eviscerated Tim's humour gene recently. Maybe he spent some time with Stadler. :rollin :rollin
Fuck that; even I got the joke. :)
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Just read that California has no also declared a state of emergency over the growing outbreak. NY and IL already have done so. White House has also named a former head of FEMA as a "Monkeypox response coordinator".
While COVID seared the planet like a steak, I get the sense that Monkeypox is more like ribs ... low and slow. But it still can cook.
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Why is it that every time I'm about to fly somewhere since early 2020, a disease or an evolution of it is starting to wear its ugly head? I'm going to be flying out on 08/11 - 08/14. Hopefully, things can be stable in that frame and all is good for me.
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Just read that California has no also declared a state of emergency over the growing outbreak. NY and IL already have done so. White House has also named a former head of FEMA as a "Monkeypox response coordinator".
While COVID seared the planet like a steak, I get the sense that Monkeypox is more like ribs ... low and slow. But it still can cook.
:lol Imagine going to a bar and trying to pick up chicks, and a woman asks, "so, what do you do for work?" "uhhhhh......."
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Just popped in to see what Kade posted in this thread, and I see some shots taken at the expense of...someone. :lol
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:lol To be fair, that role probably pays a fuckton of money!!