Monkeypox outbreak

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Monkeypox Virus is Frequently Detected in Saliva, Semen and Other Clinical Samples from Infected Patients
July 14, 2022

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(EurekAlert) Viral DNA can be frequently detected in different clinical samples from monkeypox-infected patients, including saliva and semen, according to a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, and the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. The study, published in Eurosurveillance, contributes to a better understanding of how this emerging disease is transmitted.

In this study, the team led by Mikel Martinez, ISGlobal researcher, and Jose Luis Blanco (Hospital Clinic), investigated the presence of genetic material of the virus in different biological samples, collected at different times, from 12 patients with confirmed monkeypox infection. At the time of diagnosis, a high viral DNA load was detected in the skin lesions of all patients. In addition, DNA was detected in the saliva of all cases, some of them with high viral loads. Only one previous study had tested saliva, in one single patient. Viral DNA was also detected in rectal (11 of 12 patients), nasopharyngeal (10/12 patients), semen (7/9 patients), urine (9/12 patients) and faecal (8/12 patients) samples.

"A couple of previous studies had already shown occasional presence of viral DNA in some samples and in some patients, but here we show that viral DNA is frequently present in various biological fluids, particularly saliva, during the acute phase of the disease, and up to 16 days after the onset of symptoms in one patient," explains Aida Peiró, first author of the study.

The authors point out that the presence of viral DNA does not necessarily mean infectious virus, and that the next step will be to try to isolate infectious virus from such samples. However, the high viral load detected in saliva or semen suggests that such fluids have infectious potential, they add.

"The results of our study contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms and dynamics of virus transmission, as well as the possible role of sexual transmission," Martinez concludes.
Read more here: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/958814
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"...the prospects for containment are receding quickly."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62188005
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The U.S. Monkeypox Response Is Not Going Well. Did We Learn Nothing from Covid?
by Jackie Flynn Mogensen
July 15, 2022

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(Mother Jones) Two months after monkeypox reemerged in the United States this year, health officials and physicians are reporting delays and limited availability of tests, vaccines, and treatments against the virus. For many working in healthcare, it’s déjà vu.

At the start of the Covid pandemic, you may recall, the federal government struggled to provide Covid testing across the country. (My colleagues put together an extensive timeline of the Trump administration’s early pandemic response, or lack thereof, here.) But unlike Covid, monkeypox isn’t new to the world (it’s considered endemic in parts of Africa). So at least in theory, the US could have been well-prepared for an outbreak.

Now, monkeypox has infected about 1,500 people across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with hotspots in New York, California, and Illinois. So far, the virus has spread primarily among men who have sex with men, but the CDC cautions that anyone who has close contact with someone with monkeypox can contract the virus, which causes smallpox-like symptoms including fever, headache, chills, and a pimple-like rash. No deaths have been reported in the US.

The Biden administration, for its part, says it is "incredibly focused" on issuing vaccines and is working on expanding testing. But many experts are expressing their frustration with how slow the process has gone.

First, there's the vaccine: As CNN reported on Thursday, there are approximately 1.5 million people who are eligible to receive Jynneos, a vaccine that protects against monkeypox and smallpox. So far, more than 132,000 doses have been distributed, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services, but health officials on the ground say it hasn't been enough. “We got an allotment of 200 vaccines," Dr. David Holland, the chief clinical officer of the Fulton County, Georgia, Board of Health, told CNN, "and the appointments for that went in about an hour and a half."
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caltrek wrote: Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:05 pm The U.S. Monkeypox Response Is Not Going Well. Did We Learn Nothing from Covid?
by Jackie Flynn Mogensen
July 15, 2022

Introduction:
(Mother Jones) Two months after monkeypox reemerged in the United States this year, health officials and physicians are reporting delays and limited availability of tests, vaccines, and treatments against the virus. For many working in healthcare, it’s déjà vu.

At the start of the Covid pandemic, you may recall, the federal government struggled to provide Covid testing across the country. (My colleagues put together an extensive timeline of the Trump administration’s early pandemic response, or lack thereof, here.) But unlike Covid, monkeypox isn’t new to the world (it’s considered endemic in parts of Africa). So at least in theory, the US could have been well-prepared for an outbreak.

Now, monkeypox has infected about 1,500 people across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with hotspots in New York, California, and Illinois. So far, the virus has spread primarily among men who have sex with men, but the CDC cautions that anyone who has close contact with someone with monkeypox can contract the virus, which causes smallpox-like symptoms including fever, headache, chills, and a pimple-like rash. No deaths have been reported in the US.

The Biden administration, for its part, says it is "incredibly focused" on issuing vaccines and is working on expanding testing. But many experts are expressing their frustration with how slow the process has gone.

First, there's the vaccine: As CNN reported on Thursday, there are approximately 1.5 million people who are eligible to receive Jynneos, a vaccine that protects against monkeypox and smallpox. So far, more than 132,000 doses have been distributed, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services, but health officials on the ground say it hasn't been enough. “We got an allotment of 200 vaccines," Dr. David Holland, the chief clinical officer of the Fulton County, Georgia, Board of Health, told CNN, "and the appointments for that went in about an hour and a half."
Read more here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2 ... -covid/
The fact that covid is spreading in another huge wave with the most contagious variant to date and most people in my state stopped wearing masks early last year and never put them back on, that very many (including my sister and her family) are unvaccinated (no surprise she and her husband caught covid back in January), and even fewer still have been boosted, I feel highly qualified by experience right now alone that no, no we have not learned at all from covid.
Hell, most people here still claim that covid is no worse than the flu and that the reported deaths have been greatly exaggerated for political reasons.

Honestly it's getting to the point where I'm truly starting to believe that humanity rightly and richly deserves this pandemic and worse.
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So that's it, then. Another serious health issue we'll be dealing with for many years, possibly the rest of our lives.

Probably followed by a bird flu pandemic at some point, and then viruses unleashed from melting Siberian permafrost, alongside a growing wave of antibiotic resistance.


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I hope at least it’s not aerosol borne or easily spread through common surfaces. It would be nice to not have to worry as much. Covid’s already fried my nerves enough. It is clearly out of control at this point.
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CDC Report on Monkeypox Cases in the United States by State. Updated July 15, 2022.

State of Residence Cases
Alabama 2
Arizona 11
Arkansas 2
California 266
Colorado 20
Connecticut 12
Delaware 1
District of Columbia 108
Florida 154
Georgia 93
Hawaii 8
Idaho 1
Illinois 174
Indiana 11
Iowa 3
Kansas 1
Kentucky 3
Louisiana 6
Maryland 37
Massachusetts 51
Michigan 13
Minnesota 12
Missouri 4
Nebraska 2
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 31
New Mexico 5
New York 489
Nevada 6
North Carolina 13
Ohio 7
Oklahoma 3
Oregon 21
Pennsylvania 43
Puerto Rico 4
Rhode Island 4
South Carolina 4
South Dakota 1
Tennessee 6
Texas 76
Utah 13
Virginia 44
Washington 41
West Virginia 1
Wisconsin 6


Source (including interactive map): https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/ ... s-map.html

Apparently, this data will be updated on Monday-Friday and the updated information available at the linked site.
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