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I am an Infectious Disease specialist and author of Resilience: One Family's Story of Hope and Triumph over Evil and of Conducting Clinical Research, the essential guide to the topicin the Democratic Republic of Congo , formerly Zaire. Pictured was the right arm and torso of a patient, whose skin showed a number of lesions from what had been an active case of monkeypox. This rash looks like smallpox.
Clade 2 mpox has been circulating globally for several years, spread primarily by sexual or close skin contact. It has a low death rate. This new clade, type 1, spreads more readily and can kill up to 10% of people. Children younger than 15 years-old, now make up more thanA key question is how is mpox spread. We know that clade II mpox is primarily spread sexually, and through very close contact.
There are differing views on whether mpox has “airborne” transmission. We are echoing the Covid-19 debates. If small droplets are inhaled by people who are close, is that “airborne” or “droplet?” It’s a game of semantics as the implications overlap., a Virginia Tech expert on airborne transmission of viruses, was quoted in the New York Times as saying, “Airborne transmission may not be the dominant route of transmission nor very efficient, but it could.
According to a several reports, the hearing itself was conducted in a biased manner, . Although anti-mask speakers had signed up to speak earlier, supporters of the ban were allowed to speak first. Opponents, many of whom were disabled, had to wait more than five hours in an “overheated, overcrowded, poorly ventilated room.” They couldn’t eat or drink safely because of their masks. Supporters of the ban were allowed to go over the 3 minute limit.
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