“Monkeypox is a pox virus related to the variola virus, which caused smallpox. That once dreaded disease was declared eradicated in 1980. The symptoms of Monkeypox are similar to but milder than smallpox. Infected people develop flu-like symptoms–fever, body aches, and chills–but also swollen lymph nodes. With one to three days of the onset of fever, a distinctive rash appears, often starting on the face. Many conditions can cause rashes, but the Monkeypox rash has some unusual features, notably the fact that vesicles can form on the palms of the hands. In this outbreak, a number of people have reported having had lesions on their genitals.”
The latest ooga-booga from the World Health Organization regarding the emerging Monkeypox crisis is, in my view a replay of the AIDS and COVID scares. Monkeypox is supposed to have originated in West and Central Africa, but deeper analysis shows a not in the wild origin but in scientific laboratories!
“Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms very similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe. It is caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. There are two clades of monkeypox virus: the West African clade and the Congo Basin (Central African) clade. The name Monkeypox originates from the initial discovery of the virus in monkeys in a Danish laboratory in 1958. The first human case was identified in a child in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970. Monkeypox virus is transmitted from one person to another by close contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials such as bedding. The incubation period of Monkeypox is usually from 6 to 13 days but can range from 5 to 21 days.”
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