Over the past years, monkeypox has spread to different continent. Monkeypox is a disease which is spread by the monkeypox virus. So far, monkeypox infections have been quite rare but will that change? Let’s find out, in this episode we will cover monkeypox!
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Monkeypox virus was first discovered in 1959 in monkeys and later in rodents. In 1970, the first human monkeypox patient was discovered. Due to the infectiousness and high mortality of smallpox, however, monkeypox was not given too much attention. When smallpox was eradicated, also monkeypox was decimated as smallpox vaccines have an 85% efficiency against monkeypox. However, in the subsequent years, monkeypox could still spread as less and less people were vaccinated. There have been minor monkeypox outbreaks in the early 2000s (Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo) and first monkeypox cases were found outside of Africa. In 2022, however, everything changes when monkeypox suddenly was discovered in unrelated people on different continents..
Monkeypox virus is a DNA virus which causes monkeypox. Monkeypox is a relatively mild disease which normally takes 2-4 weeks to recover. In initial monkeypox stages, patients experience, fever and a headache. Then, a rash appears, mostly in the face, which then spreads. Monkeypox virus is then destroyed by the immune system and most patients fully recover. However, there are still serious forms of monkeypox. Monkeypox can cause permanent blindness, pneumonia or swellings of the brain. If Co-infections together with monkeypox occur, the situation might be life-threatening. There are no treatments specifically against monkeypox but smallpox treatments and other antiviral drugs work against monkexpox. There is also no monkeypox vaccine but the smallpox vaccine is quite effective. Right now, there is no reason to panic but we should be careful as healthcare workers, pregnant women, children and people with weakened immune system do have risks to get infected. Still, monkexpox probably remains not that infectious and all recorded cases of this outbreak have been mild so far.
References:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01421-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880088/
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cripe/2020/8572596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596588/
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cripe/2020/8572596/
https://www.science.org/content/article/monkeypox-outbreak-questions-intensify-cases-soar
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00241/full
https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/1/1/8
The two presented patient stories in this video are based on cases found in the references and were adapted.
0:00-0:43 Intro
0:43-4:05 The Rise of Monkeypox
4:05-6:51 How Monkeypox Infects Us
6:51-7:50 Monkeypox Treatments & Vaccine
7:50-9:35 How We Counteract Monkeypox
9:35-11:17 Monkeypox Vs. COVID-19
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2 weeks to flatten the population.
Stop cutting down Rain Forest Trees 😅
The monkey pox came from the vaccine I bet.
The guy in the pic has all them spots where he's had his face mask for the last two years.
Masks work 😆
I don't believe nothing these so called liars say . trying to have people live in fear.we was born to die. Fear not this world belong to God everyone have a appointment with death. Don't live your life in fear. Have no human being alive have you live in fear.
Try Ivermectina …
All these diseases merging from China & African countries. Wtf is going on ?!
oml
“Passed through intimate contact”….
Never cheated on the hubby and he’s never cheated on me so, yay for morals.
There IS a vaccine against monkeypox
I goti it. It was awful.
I beleive that, who ever got monkey poxes kissed the monkey.
This entire video is a load of bollocks. Get your info from the CDC, the WHO and other credible sources.
Thank you Untivaxers
Not dangerous. A reason for a video?
Ok. Very good video, thank you.
@4:06 Monkey pox dance music.
Keep doing those online anonymous hookups and spread that good news, boys!
A bad side effect of Convid jabs.
Why do they try to drop the fever down, when the our bodies are trying to kill off the virus by heating up? See Dr. John Campbell’s channel to see the studies he discusses that support not giving anti fever meds when one has a fever. There are a small amount of cases where anti fever meds are warranted but, new research suggests, it is no longer the best practice across the board.
Since 98% of patients are gay or bisexual men, you could state that it is a STD that is currently mostly confined to gay and bisexual men.
Gaypox
….It's been around for a long time, now something seems to have changed….hm
A girl came into the store today and she was covered in monkeypox going about her day like any other ordinary day. No one seemed frightened no one cared. She bout mini tacos and drove off in a car while on the phone making plans to see John
What I'm trying to say is that a lot of people have monkeypox but they're not going to the doctor They're not even trying to get help for it because they don't see it as an epidemic or even a pandemic. Nobody's taking it seriously
Ok
That is weird tho how a pox disease mutated into in a std disease
Just wondering why you don’t mention the fact that 90% of cases are in the LGBT community? That’s a fact from the WHO. I have zero concern of getting MP. Doesn’t change the fact that I want it eliminated but it does educate the viewer