Monkey Pox now a "global emergency" according to W.H.O.

[Pardon Maoi]

So monkeypox is basically a new STD.

No, it's not. It's the same as any other pox. Transmission happens through pus from the blisters. Contact with an object an infected person has touched can spread the disease.

 

[Aldebaran]

No, it's not. It's the same as any other pox. Transmission happens through pus from the blisters. Contact with an object an infected person has touched can spread the disease.

How would you explain the reports that it is spread mainly through gay men?

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

How would you explain the reports that it is spread mainly through gay men?

Now,now,(smh) that is not necessarily correct.It says it is spread by men having sex with men. Some men who have sex with other men are bi-sexual with wives. That is really where the danger for the world lies imho. AIDS started the same way.

 

[Pardon Maoi]

How would you explain the reports that it is spread mainly through gay men?

What "reports" would that be? From WHO or from Alex Jones? A citation would be appreciated.

 

[tall73]

What "reports" would that be? From WHO or from Alex Jones? A citation would be appreciated.

Both reported the cases are primarily among men who have sex with men.

WHO:

WHO press conference on monkeypox – 23 July 2022

Although I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, for the moment this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners. That means that this is an outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups. It’s therefore essential that all countries work closely with communities of men who have sex with men to design and deliver effective information and services and to adopt measures that protect the health, human rights and dignity of affected communities.


WHO Monkeypox outbreak 2022

Most reported cases so far have been identified through sexual health or other health services in primary or secondary health-care facilities and have involved mainly, but not exclusively, men who have sex with men.


https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/mon...n-limit-sexual-partners-to-reduce-spread.html

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended that gay and bisexual men limit their number of sexual partners to protect themselves from monkeypox and help slow transmission of the rapidly spreading virus.

The WHO’s monkeypox expert, Rosamund Lewis, said men who have sex with men are the group at the highest risk of infection right now. About 99% of cases are among men, and at least 95% of those patients are men who have sex with men, Lewis said.

Monkeypox: WHO chief advises men who have sex with men to reduce partners to limit exposure to virus - CNN

The vast majority of cases in the growing monkeypox outbreak are among men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised members of this community Wednesday to limit their exposure to the virus by reducing their number of sex partners and reconsidering sex with new partners.


Alex Jones' Infowars:

INFOWARS Global Monkeypox Study Finds 98% Infected Gay Or Bisexual Men

A Queen Mary University of London study published in The New England Journal Of Medicine on Thursday found monkeypox is primarily found in gay or bisexual men.

According to the finding, “many, but not all, cases have been linked to men who have sex with men.”

 

[Pardon Maoi]

Both reported the cases are primarily among men who have sex with men.

WHO:

WHO press conference on monkeypox – 23 July 2022

Although I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, for the moment this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners. That means that this is an outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups. It’s therefore essential that all countries work closely with communities of men who have sex with men to design and deliver effective information and services and to adopt measures that protect the health, human rights and dignity of affected communities.


WHO Monkeypox outbreak 2022

Most reported cases so far have been identified through sexual health or other health services in primary or secondary health-care facilities and have involved mainly, but not exclusively, men who have sex with men.


https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/mon...n-limit-sexual-partners-to-reduce-spread.html

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended that gay and bisexual men limit their number of sexual partners to protect themselves from monkeypox and help slow transmission of the rapidly spreading virus.

The WHO’s monkeypox expert, Rosamund Lewis, said men who have sex with men are the group at the highest risk of infection right now. About 99% of cases are among men, and at least 95% of those patients are men who have sex with men, Lewis said.

Monkeypox: WHO chief advises men who have sex with men to reduce partners to limit exposure to virus - CNN

The vast majority of cases in the growing monkeypox outbreak are among men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised members of this community Wednesday to limit their exposure to the virus by reducing their number of sex partners and reconsidering sex with new partners.


Alex Jones' Infowars:

INFOWARS Global Monkeypox Study Finds 98% Infected Gay Or Bisexual Men

A Queen Mary University of London study published in The New England Journal Of Medicine on Thursday found monkeypox is primarily found in gay or bisexual men.

According to the finding, “many, but not all, cases have been linked to men who have sex with men.”

Thanks. Well, not for the link ro Jones, but for the other ones.

 

[Aldebaran]

What "reports" would that be? From WHO or from Alex Jones? A citation would be appreciated.

A simple Google search brings up many such reports. Here's just one: Monkeypox is being driven overwhelmingly by sex between men, major study finds

 

[Pommer]

A simple Google search brings up many such reports. Here's just one: Monkeypox is being driven overwhelmingly by sex between men, major study finds

Yes, it turns out that condom use is ineffective against contracting the monkeypox.

 

[Aldebaran]

Yes, it turns out that condom use is ineffective against contracting the monkeypox.

Also from the link:
"Public health experts also theorize that major LGBTQ Pride gatherings in June may have facilitated transmission of the virus. And given the infection’s incubation period — the new paper puts it at seven days, with a range of three to 20 days — the nation is now possibly seeing the resulting downstream effects of sexual encounters in late June and early July."