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MPX cases are declining but what is this in Indonesia?
A few weeks ago I did a complete backflip on monkeypox and we may be okay because most, if not all, of the sores seem to be the genitalia/anus region, making it predominantly a semi-exclusive gay and bisexual man thing. If the sores to this “Western monkeypox” WMPX were also on the hands we would…
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Fingers crossed. Monkeypox may have hit a brick wall.
When it first started it looked like a rapidly growing exponential spread possibly even airborne but a number of things could have limited its sudden abrupt slowdown in spread. It might not be airborne. Even if most patients are men who have sex with men they emits aerosols and I would have expected a greater…
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The European monkeypox (EMPX) is still predominately tied to men having sex with men
I must admit I am taken aback a bit in that with the world case numbers around 45,000, and the USA at 15,000 cases of EMPX that it would have sneaked out into the general community by now, but is has hardly done so (see data below) and may be more of a sexual disease…
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Is pox crossover possible? Could viruses be the origin of sex in species?
We know that monkeypox virus does not mutate much (being a DNA virus) but can it recombine or crossover with the monkeypox virus from Nigeria or Congo? And what about other orthopoxviruses in animals, or even the small pox vaccine if they still use cowpow or vaccinia. The problem will be exacerbated if animals get…
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Pets can get monkeypox (MPX) and transmit to humans and animals.
I wasn’t 100% on this as, I thought only certain wild dogs and monkeys could get monkeypox but the CDC USA says otherwise. We’re f’d if this is true. I won’t be patting anyone’s dog, or getting too much Asian takeaway. If true it also means we might see a sudden rapid acceleration in MPX…
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“OurWorldInData” is now counting monkeypox (#MPX) deaths. 9 so far.
According to “OurWorldInData” there have been 9 monkeypox virus deaths so far. The WHO said there were 5 in Africa. I see 4. I have already noted that India had a monkeypox death recently. So Spain seems to be the first “rich/western” country to have had a monkeypox virus death, 2 in fact. The number…
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Governors of California and New York call State of Emergency over Monkeypox #MPX
This might go bananas with states of emergencies. Are they going to mandate vaccines? Are they gong to call for lockdowns? Do they have any plan? Do they know what they are doing? The politicians made a right old mess with the covid19 pandemic. They did not follow the science but a path to empower…
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The Monkeypox virus is slowing down its spread, but on target for 20 million worldwide by Christmas
The Monkeypox virus is slowing down its spread, according to official data from “OurWorldInData”. I have watched the doubling time extend out from 3-4 days to 15 days now. That means x15=2, where x is how fast it is growing every day. Solving for x we get x = exp( ln2 /15) = 1.04729. So…
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USA 1043 new #MPX cases in one day. Really?
BNO News just reported that the USA just had 1043 new cases of the monkeypox virus (#MPXV) in one day. I am not sure results are reported every day so this may not be quite true. Here is the tweet, and here is the graph showing there are days of no reports. The case number…
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WHO declares MPX an International Health Emergence
I have been watching the numbers and they have been growing steady on a reclining exponential curve for 2 months. I would have called it a major concern months ago. Fortunately no-one in the rich countries has died from monkeypox but according to the WHO 5 people have died in Africa. I do not know…
Dr George Christos
covid19 & other Infectious diseases