Monkeypox - Panic!

[David L]

.....because they didn't quite get all of us with the last one!
    

[Slim]

Horrible symptoms, but - only transmits via skin contact and won't cause a pandemic. Chris Smith dedicated a few minutes to it on his slot on 5 Live on Monday night.

No cause for alarm.

I must admit though, the first time I heard it mentioned I thought to myself - where was I when I first heard of COVID-19? And I can't remember. But it must have been a similarly innocuous mention on the radio.

[David L]

No cause for alarm.

Isn't that what WHO initially said about Covid-19?   

[Matt2112]

No cause for alarm.

Isn't that what WHO initially said about Covid-19?   

It's probably not what Chris Smith initially said.

[David L]

Looks like gay men could be targeted by big pharma for this one.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10829741/Gay-men-targeted-monkeypox-vaccine-experts-fear-infected-slipping-radar.html

'Walk-in' clinic at the BBC seems inevitable

[Slim]

Only right and proper if they're at substantially greater risk, as the statistic quoted in the article suggests.

[David L]

Only right and proper if they're at substantially greater risk, as the statistic quoted in the article suggests.

Hmmm, that wasn't the way it worked for Covid.......based on the statistics

[Slim]

Not sure what you mean but those most at risk were prioritised for vaccination and treatment so in that respect it did work the same way.