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Posted on 05/16/2024 2:23:46 PM PDT by DFG
The central African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling a record number of cases of mpox, fueled by a strain with a higher death rate than the variant that spread in Europe and America in 2022.
Getting the DRC outbreak under control, and containing it to within that country, is imperative, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report issued Thursday.
The spread of the lethal clade I strain of mpox "raises concerns that the virus could spread to other countries and underscores the importance of coordinated, urgent global action to support DRC’s efforts to contain the virus," said a team led by CDC research biologist Christina Hutson.
The strain of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) that spread from Africa to Europe and North America two years ago was known as clade II.
While painful and sometimes severe, the illness resulted in a death rate ranging from 0.1% to 3.6% of cases, according to various studies.
But clade 1 mpox is more lethal, and deaths from the illness have ranged anywhere from 1.4% to 10% of patients, Hutson's team noted.
The ongoing outbreak of clade I mpox in the DRC has already claimed many victims: The DRC reports "multiple provincial outbreaks" occurring between the beginning of 2023 and April 14, 2024, with an estimated total of 19,919 cases and 975 deaths -- meaning that about 1 in every 20 patients have died.
This outbreak is also perhaps the most widespread: "During 2023 and 2024, clade I mpox cases were reported from 25 of 26 provinces and, for the first time, from the capital city of Kinshasa," the CDC team noted.
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Lemme guess - it can only be contained if PedoJoe remains in the White House.
This is something that affects homos.
There was a dog that got it, but his owners’ sexual preferences were very much in question.
Was the dog female? Because then at least it wouldn’t be “gay” ...
And does the alphabet soup crowd have to add another “B” to their random character string?
I wonder if this is the 2024 version of COVID...?
Not sure I want to know what they did to that poor dog.
Yeah, maybe if dudes stopped going in through the out door things would get better and these gay diseases would burn out. But noooooooo..... just the fact they refer to it as “mpox” shows they’re trying to hide the origins of disease once again.
But we ALL know what it is....and who it affects
Yup. If you click on the link to the article, you’ll find all you need to know in the 11th paragraph.
You took that right off my keyboard!
MONEYpox.
FLirt variant
Bird flu
Cow fart vaccines
New batches of angry hornets
ELECTION2024.BS variants all.
We know how Mpox is spread so right now I am not going to worry about it. Anymore than I going to worry about the bird flu.
Do tell. Sex may involve skin to skin contact? You learn so much in these articles...
Yeah. Early stories reported that the lesions started at the anus of the dog. Suddenly the monkeypox hysteria died.
The DNC.24 Variant.
Monkeypox! Do not dare call it monkey pox!
Beware of poo and semen throwing monkeys…
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