> Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which kills up to one in ten of those infected but does not spread easily between people.
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>The disease was first detected in the UK in 2018 after a traveller brought the virus back from Nigeria and it spread to two other people, including one NHS nurse who caught it from bed linen.
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>Health bosses said it is important to emphasise that the overall risk to the general public remains ‘very low’.
Disease does not spread easily, but nurse caught it from bed linen..
> The virus can enter the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract, or the eyes, nose or mouth.
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>It can pass between humans via droplets in the air, and by touching the skin of an infected individual, or touching objects contaminated by them.
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>Symptoms usually appear within five and 21 days of infection. These include a fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and fatigue.
Virus can enter the body and be transmitting in many ways and a host will have no symptoms for 5 days..
> Monkeypox is usually mild, with most patients recovering within a few weeks without treatment. Yet, the disease can often prove fatal.
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>There are no specific treatments or vaccines available for monkeypox infection, according to the World Health Organization.
Usual mild symptoms, but often fatal..
We live in a global society so some global diseases are to be expected.
I guess though that because this has happened in the SE it’s really important and we should all worry now!
Isn’t there a monkey pox story every few years?
It does not spread easily between humans, relax and don’t overbuy toilet paper
Ahhh the wonders of Diversity ..
Fucksake. Bill Gates was stirring up fear about smallpox and monkeypox last year 😑
It’s common to report outbreaks of tropical illnesses, even if the risk of catching it is low. It helps those who experience symptoms come forward and makes tracking the outbreak easier. COVID has got some people permanently on edge these days but this is nothing to be seriously concerned about for the average person.
We’d be so fucked if a pandemic came along with a significant death rate.
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>The viral infection is similar to human smallpox and usually causes mild illness,
What like that disease that was so bad, we (humanity) eradicated it?
OooooOOooh chimpanzee that.
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[The Daily Mail expand on this news story with more on the virus:](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10815899/Two-people-diagnosed-monkeypox-UK-case-not-linked-previous-infection.html) (So take from it what you will given the source)
> Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which kills up to one in ten of those infected but does not spread easily between people.
>
>The disease was first detected in the UK in 2018 after a traveller brought the virus back from Nigeria and it spread to two other people, including one NHS nurse who caught it from bed linen.
>
>Health bosses said it is important to emphasise that the overall risk to the general public remains ‘very low’.
Disease does not spread easily, but nurse caught it from bed linen..
> The virus can enter the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract, or the eyes, nose or mouth.
>
>It can pass between humans via droplets in the air, and by touching the skin of an infected individual, or touching objects contaminated by them.
>
>Symptoms usually appear within five and 21 days of infection. These include a fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and fatigue.
Virus can enter the body and be transmitting in many ways and a host will have no symptoms for 5 days..
> Monkeypox is usually mild, with most patients recovering within a few weeks without treatment. Yet, the disease can often prove fatal.
>
>There are no specific treatments or vaccines available for monkeypox infection, according to the World Health Organization.
Usual mild symptoms, but often fatal..
We live in a global society so some global diseases are to be expected.
[We had a case down here in Cornwall back in 2018](https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/monkeypox-patient-cornwall-rushed-hospital-1985222).
I guess though that because this has happened in the SE it’s really important and we should all worry now!
Isn’t there a monkey pox story every few years?
It does not spread easily between humans, relax and don’t overbuy toilet paper
Ahhh the wonders of Diversity ..
Fucksake. Bill Gates was stirring up fear about smallpox and monkeypox last year 😑
It’s common to report outbreaks of tropical illnesses, even if the risk of catching it is low. It helps those who experience symptoms come forward and makes tracking the outbreak easier. COVID has got some people permanently on edge these days but this is nothing to be seriously concerned about for the average person.
We’d be so fucked if a pandemic came along with a significant death rate.