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Have a strange traditional disease?

And some 2021 material for conspiracy theorists

https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/s ... l-threats/

https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/ ... _Final.pdf

After the United States reported its first human case of monkeypox this year, U.S. media Newsweek reported on the 19th that the U.S. health department has ordered millions of doses of monkeypox vaccine worth $119 million.

On the 18th, Danish vaccine company Bavarian Nordic issued a statement saying that the company had signed contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

This time the show should come as planned.

smallpox 2: electric boogaloo

A pox on those damn monkeys..

Soveiniesberg wrote:smallpox 2: electric boogaloo

Soveiniesberg wrote:smallpox 2: electric boogaloo

Unlikely given that most people are vaccinated against it because of the smallpox vaccine. Furthermore it’s very hard to catch and has a under 1% chance of death

THIS FUCKING AGAIN

Soveiniesberg wrote:smallpox 2: electric boogaloo

smallpox 3: pissing in the sea

Elvatoes wrote:

Soveiniesberg wrote:smallpox 2: electric boogaloo

smallpox 3: pissing in the sea

smallpox 4: we got it from a boar

So, A monkey bit a dude and now we have this

Impressive.

Republic Of Ludwigsburg wrote:THIS FUCKING AGAIN

It’s not going to be as bad as COVID as you’d have to quite literally kiss someone in order to get it. So wear a mask and you’ll literally be fine.

Rick Perry wrote:So, A monkey bit a dude and now we have this

Impressive.

No more like someone killed an infected monkey and ate it

The monkeypox strains circulating in the Congo Basin have a fatality rate of 10% in humans, compared with less than 1% for West African strains.
刚果盆地地区流行的猴痘毒株感染人类的致死率可以达到10%，而西非毒株感染的死亡率则不到1%。

Thermodolia wrote:

Rick Perry wrote:So, A monkey bit a dude and now we have this

Impressive.

No more like someone killed an infected monkey and ate it

Either that or they shagged them, although I'm sure on being asked the question they went with your reason..

Thermodolia wrote:

Rick Perry wrote:So, A monkey bit a dude and now we have this :clap:

Impressive.

No more like someone killed an infected monkey and ate it

Or he was eating a banana and the monkey took a bite from it.

Thermodolia wrote:

Soveiniesberg wrote:smallpox 2: electric boogaloo

Unlikely given that most people are vaccinated against it because of the smallpox vaccine. Furthermore it’s very hard to catch and has a under 1% chance of death

Most people are not vaccinated against smallpox because smallpox is extinct and the vaccine has some risk of side effects.

They could use the existing smallpox vaccine to vaccinate people, though.

Bombadil wrote:

Thermodolia wrote:No more like someone killed an infected monkey and ate it

Either that or they shagged them, although I'm sure on being asked the question they went with your reason..

By that point I'm pretty sure monkeypox wouldn't be your only problem.

We need to completely avoid exposure to moonlight and wear jockstraps everywhere we go and only travel internationally via sailboat to stop the spread of monkeypox. If you disagree then you care more about the economy than saving human lives.

Monkeypox sounds like an NS issue disease. I've come to hope that if this is as bad as the sensationalist say it is, that at least it'll get a more respectable mainstream name.

Yep, things will definitely get worse from now on for all humanity.

Chan Island wrote:Monkeypox sounds like an NS issue disease. I've come to hope that if this is as bad as the sensationalist say it is, that at least it'll get a more respectable mainstream name.

If you want a mainstream name, you can pick between tallpox, grandepox and ventipox.

Chan Island wrote:Monkeypox sounds like an NS issue disease. I've come to hope that if this is as bad as the sensationalist say it is, that at least it'll get a more respectable mainstream name.

I would want them to change the name to "rodentpox" or something; since it is transmitted by rodents, not monkeys.

Still, unlike covid this is not a new disease; nor is it particulary deadly.. so I am kinda missing why there is a hype now.

Esternial wrote:

Chan Island wrote:Monkeypox sounds like an NS issue disease. I've come to hope that if this is as bad as the sensationalist say it is, that at least it'll get a more respectable mainstream name.

If you want a mainstream name, you can pick between tallpox, grandepox and ventipox.

These... are more acceptable

The Alma Mater wrote:

Chan Island wrote:Monkeypox sounds like an NS issue disease. I've come to hope that if this is as bad as the sensationalist say it is, that at least it'll get a more respectable mainstream name.

I would want them to change the name to "rodentpox" or something; since it is transmitted by rodents, not monkeys.

Still, unlike covid this is not a new disease; nor is it particulary deadly.. so I am kinda missing why there is a hype now.

Always something to sensationalise, always something...

*Screaming*

Thermodolia wrote:

Soveiniesberg wrote:smallpox 2: electric boogaloo

Unlikely given that most people are vaccinated against it because of the smallpox vaccine. Furthermore it’s very hard to catch and has a under 1% chance of death

Oh okay

WHO says 3.6% fatality rate: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON385

Could be a good thing really. Now that westerners are being affected it might lead to us developing a vaccine which would help Africa.