Monkeypox - news and discussion

[Cerv]

got mine today.
they're doing injections intradermal now instead of subcutaneous. which is apparently gives equivalent effectiveness from just ⅕ the dose. with the aim to make limited supplies go further. that's nifty.

 

[8ball]

I'd sooner intramuscular than intradermal tbf.

But whatever makes it go further makes sense.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

This burnt out now then or just no longer of interest to the news radar?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

New York Times is reporting it's not going to be an 'emergency' after January

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/us/politics/monkeypox-public-health-emergency.html

doesn't seem to be much on the UK radar.

which could be taken as it's all under control now, although not entirely sure i trust much of the media to care much about something that they see as 'only' affecting gay / bi men...

 

[Magnus McGinty]

New York Times is reporting it's not going to be an 'emergency' after January

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/us/politics/monkeypox-public-health-emergency.html

doesn't seem to be much on the UK radar.

which could be taken as it's all under control now, although no entirely sure i trust much of the media to care much about something that they see as 'only' affecting gay / bi men...

Gladly, unless I've missed it, there doesn't appear to have been any deaths.

 

[Cerv]

thread does need a title change though. it's "mpox" now

(which every time I see, I think of 90s teen pop band Hanson)

 

[8ball]

thread does need a title change though. it's "mpox" now

(which every time I see, I think of 90s teen pop band Hanson)

Oh, it’s doing the egomaniac name changes already?

Will be calling itself ‘M-Piddy’ by March next year I reckon.

 

[Cerv]

was having a look at the schedule for Darklands - annual gay fetish festival held in Antwerp - which was due to unfortunate timing at the start of this a bit of a superspreader event.
the French authorities provided initial vaccines to Belgium who lacked their own stockpiles. so at the next event in 2023 anyone with a French ID can claim a free box of thank you chocolates.

fair enough. a bit odd but why not. everyone loves a freebie.

 

[Cerv]

Gladly, unless I've missed it, there doesn't appear to have been any deaths.

none in the UK

20 in the USA (since the quoted article was about the CDC there) and more across various other countries.

 

[CNT36]

This burnt out now then or just no longer of interest to the news radar?

UK numbers. Globally it's similar.

Mpox (monkeypox)

Explore the latest data on the Monkeypox outbreak.

ourworldindata.org

 

[WhyLikeThis]

Does this mean we can start fucking monkeys again?

 

[Cerv]

Monkeypox: WHO declares global emergency over

The World Health Organization says future outbreaks remain possible, as it ends the highest level of alert.

www.bbc.co.uk

global emergency is officially over, with somewhat less fanfare than the similar announcement on covid the other week.
cases down 90% this quarter to the previous.

Does this mean we can start fucking monkeys again?

did the government ever tell you to stop?

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

and so in today's news:
Warnings over lethal and contagious strain of mpox as children in DRC die
new strain from the more virulent clade I type with a mortality rate of about 5% in adults and 10% in children, it also induces many miscarriages.

 

[Pickman's model]

How long till we have an mpox forum?