Monkeypox is an infectious disease that has been spreading among homosexual men in the summer of 2022. An early study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 98% of the infected persons were homosexual men, 13% of whom were hospitalized due to the virus.[1] Perhaps because it is politically incorrect to discuss the pattern of contagion, government has been slow to respond. In New York City beginning June 23, 2022, "men over age 18 who have sex with men and have had multiple or anonymous partners in the last 14 days are eligible to get the [vaccine] shots."[2]
Symptoms begin with fever, headache, muscle pains, swollen lymph nodes, and feeling tired. The disease is highly transmissible between homosexuals.[3] It was reported that many who got infected by the disease participated in homosexual parades in Belgium, Britain,[4] and Spain.[5] The mortality rate from this disease in Africa is reportedly as much as 10%.[6] After diagnosing four cases, Belgium became the first country to introduce a three week quarantine for monkeypox.[7] There is speculation that this virus was experimented in labs of Wuhan, China.[8]
Monkeypox was first discovered in monkeys in 1958.[9] By early August 2022, monkeypox cases reached 28,000 in 85 countries as spread by men having sex with men.[10]
In early June 2022, monkeypox was discovered in Mexico just south of its border with Texas, near Laredo.[11]
Response
On Thursday, July 28, San Francisco declared a public health emergency due to monkeypox. Two days later, on July 30, New York City likewise declared a public health emergency due to monkeypox.
The governor of the State of New York said that, as of late July, 1 out of every 4 monkeypox cases in the United States is in the State of New York.
By August 1, 2022, the Democrat governors of California, Illinois, and New York had all declared public health emergencies for monkeypox.
References
- ↑ https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/07/largest-monkeypox-study-date-highlights-new-symptoms
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/monkeypox-vaccines-offered-gay-bisexual-men-rcna35035
- ↑ https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/monkeypox-scare-gay-bisexual-men-cautioned-as-experts-try-to-understand-the-new-virus-5211727.html
- ↑ https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/monkeypox-scare-gay-bisexual-men-cautioned-as-experts-try-to-understand-the-new-virus-5211727.html
- ↑ https://www.ibtimes.sg/sexual-health-focus-monkeypox-spreads-spain-probes-pride-parade-attended-by-80000-people-64742
- ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-monkeypox-symptoms-treatment-prevention/
- ↑ https://fortune.com/2022/05/23/people-contact-monkeypox-advised-quarantine-3-weeks-belgium-uk/
- ↑ Stunning. Wuhan Lab was Experimenting with Monkeypox Last Year – Published Research Report in International Journal in February
- ↑ https://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/TFIR-337_Monkeypox-Fact-Sheet2.pdf
- ↑ https://www.livemint.com/news/world/why-monkeypox-outbreak-is-a-public-health-emergency-who-chief-lists-2-crucial-reasons-11660130844989.html
- ↑ https://www.borderreport.com/news/health/monkeypox-case-reported-south-of-texas-border/
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