Monkeypox cases in the UK more than double to 20

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  1. so not very many then? unless it doubles about 10 more times of course.
    come on admit it! Some people are just badly missing COVID already.

  2. The issue here is that vaccinations for small pox have all but ceased in Africa and hardly any happen in the west now. So people over 40 likely had it but require a booster for waning protection and younger people never had it.

    The vaccine kept at bay variants like monkeypox.

    When will we learn that vaccinations need to be maintained and the global population needs to be protected in order to really ensure safety for all.

    1 in 10 children are dying from it based on stats.

    [monkeypox spread in uk](https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/17/cdc-expresses-concern-about-possibility-of-undetected-monkeypox-spread-in-u-k/)

  3. Those images make me shiver almost as much as the ones on cig packets…ugh. Lets hope this doesn’t spiral out of control…

  4. Hypothetically if this got out of hand as a country we are fucked. People couldn’t even take Covid seriously, so a virus killing 1 in 10 would be a disaster

  5. >…..officials are saying it is *not* a sexually transmitted disease but that the virus is spread by prolonged skin-to-skin contact.

    What the…?

    OK, who’s been shagging Monkeys?

  6. Everyone I know in the UK with kids is currently battling chickenpox (my toddler included). Here I am trying not to put on a tinfoil hat and think that it’s actually the monkey pox taking over already…

  7. They’re saying most people infected are men who have sex with men, so even if you’re on prep now is REALLY time to engage in safe sex practices lads.

  8. So we are literally going to be doing the Planet of the Apes thing this year? Cool.

    Seriously though, please can this NOT be another pandemic type scenario. Id like a full year off that sort of thing.

  9. Eradication happened in the global north.
    Full vaccination programmes running to eradication were never supported for the global south.

  10. Pimple poppers unite its your time to shine now burst those fuckers.

    I must point out that i’m not sure if i’m just been sarcastic or having a vision of the future because we all know 1 person who will catch it and pop them. I personally know 4 and their in my family.

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