First, I am experiencing severe internet issues, both mobile and fiber, one of the reasons to explain the silence lately. Might get sorted out soon (couple days).
A few days ago, the UK announced this.
Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates
Latest
Two more cases of monkeypox identified by UKHSA
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected 2 additional cases of monkeypox, one in London and one in the South East of England.
The latest cases bring the total number of monkeypox cases confirmed in England since 6 May to 9, with recent cases predominantly in gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men (MSM).
The 2 latest cases have no travel links to a country where monkeypox is endemic, so it is possible they acquired the infection through community transmission.
The first few cases had travel links to countries where monkeypox is endemic, so I shrugged it off as some sort of immune suppression getting in contact with people from endemic areas. Well, I guess I was overly optimistic or outright wrong.
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry?
There's a monkeypox outbreak in England, Portugal and Spain. The outbreak is quite small – just 36 suspected cases spread across the three countries, including 8 in England and 20 in Portugal. A case in the U.S. has also been reported.
But health officials have little clue where people caught the virus. And there's concern the virus may be spreading through the community – undetected – and possibly through a new route of transmission.
"This [outbreak] is rare and unusual," epidemiologist Susan Hopkins, who's the chief medical adviser of the U.K. Health Security Agency [UKHSA], said in a statement on Monday.
"Exactly where and how they [people] acquired their infections remains under urgent investigation," the agency said in a statement.
A reminder that after the eradication of smallpox in 1977, the vaccinations efforts against the disease, which protects against monkeypox went low to nonexistent, and a good percentage of the population has little to no immunity against pox-diseases. All pox share very similar presentations, and distinguishing in a clinical setting can be hard.
Would be a shame if governments decided to force draconian measures to stop the spread of an aerosol virus, a true exercise in futility and as a consequence suppressed the immune system of hundreds of millions, and further suppressed by using a badly designed, highly inflammatory protein… A true shame.
By the way, if you are worried, or concerned, quite a few forecasting outfits and forecasters expected new epidemics. Pandemics are never scot-free, they were always followed by minor outbreaks of other diseases. Plague always follow plague, and from an immunological perspective makes complete sense.
I wouldn’t worry too much unless by next week we have 10.000 pox infected around the world…
And there will be 10k cases “reported” soon because they need to scare enough people so they will get support of the pandemic treaty aka one world government.
"recent cases predominantly in gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men" "possibly through a new route of transmission"? Through the ear?