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Monkeypox
- Thread starter Allensam
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I just got here to AMP reviews. I had Covid about 6-7 weeks ago. Previous to contraction, I was told to go out and enjoy my life . Wrong. Paxlovid saved my life at 67. I am double vax and double boosted, the second booster only 4 weeks previous to contracting it. The vaccination we all took does not offer much protection against BA 5 Omicron variant, but it does keep the disease from spreading to the lower lung by having antibodies in the upper. While I was being checked out, the doctor noticed I had a strange rash on my thigh. I turned out to be nothing. The doctor asked some questions such as am I gay, have I visited a provider male or female. I asked why, and they doc explained Monkey pox to me. I had not heard anything previous to that. Then he asked me the million dollar question.. have you ever been vaccinated for small pox. He saw the telltale scar on my arm. If you have been vaccinated for small pox you cannot get monkey pox. The small pox vaccine lasts for life.
Monkey pox is a derivative of small pox. We as a culture stopped vaccinations for it in 1972. If you were born around then of after you were not vaccination and need to be. That is what I was told, so no it is not a concern. Please double check what I am saying both on Google and with your doctor. I not only spreads from skin to skin or intimate contact, it can be on the sheets, those slippers you put on, the pillow case. Err on the side of caution.
Monkey pox is a derivative of small pox. We as a culture stopped vaccinations for it in 1972. If you were born around then of after you were not vaccination and need to be. That is what I was told, so no it is not a concern. Please double check what I am saying both on Google and with your doctor. I not only spreads from skin to skin or intimate contact, it can be on the sheets, those slippers you put on, the pillow case. Err on the side of caution.
Informal poll:
Which is your bigger concern about monkeypox?
a) the pain, recovery, and possible long-term effects?
b) your possible reputational damage when friends, family and colleagues wonder (and possibly assume) how you got it; eg. closeted homosexual activities or other types of behaviors that are “frowned upon”?
c) something else
I think we all fear both, but #2 is worse. I’m refraining from MP’s and SC’s for while. When people start getting it from gyms and other places, I’ll reconsider.
Which is your bigger concern about monkeypox?
a) the pain, recovery, and possible long-term effects?
b) your possible reputational damage when friends, family and colleagues wonder (and possibly assume) how you got it; eg. closeted homosexual activities or other types of behaviors that are “frowned upon”?
c) something else
I think we all fear both, but #2 is worse. I’m refraining from MP’s and SC’s for while. When people start getting it from gyms and other places, I’ll reconsider.
monkeypox can lead to other problems (complications) like pneumonia and infections in your brain (encephalitis) or eyes, which can be fatal. Read the facts, do not panic
Monkeypox
Key facts
Monkeypox
Key facts
- Vaccines used during the smallpox eradication programme also provided protection against monkeypox. Newer vaccines have been developed of which one has been approved for prevention of monkeypox
- Monkeypox is caused by monkeypox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae.
- Monkeypox is usually a self-limited disease with the symptoms lasting from 2 to 4 weeks. Severe cases can occur. In recent times, the case fatality ratio has been around 3–6%.
- Monkeypox is transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal, or with material contaminated with the virus.
- Monkeypox virus is transmitted from one person to another by close contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials such as bedding.
- Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease that occurs primarily in tropical rainforest areas of central and west Africa and is occasionally exported to other regions.
- An antiviral agent developed for the treatment of smallpox has also been licensed for the treatment of monkeypox.
- The clinical presentation of monkeypox resembles that of smallpox, a related orthopoxvirus infection which was declared eradicated worldwide in 1980. Monkeypox is less contagious than smallpox and causes less severe illness.
- Monkeypox typically presents clinically with fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes and may lead to a range of medical complications.
Watch the news. All of the guys on line for the monkey pox shot, and it is all guys no women, are gay. Right now it is a gay disease, so was AIDs once upon a time. It is only a matter of time before it crosses over into the mainstream, hence the WHO issuing a worldwide " global emergency". If that phrase sounds familiar, it is. last time they used is was Jan 2020 regarding Covid.