If I was your Doc I would recommend amputation. As my kids will tell you I offered to amputate something as a remedy for any injury or illness. Preferably with my circular saw.
None of them ever took me up on it besides Lefty.
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There is a monkeypox outbreak in the UK, Portugal and Spain. CDC is tracking six people in the US who could have been exposed.
The mortality rate in Africa is 1% to 15% depending on strain and quality of care.
No vaccines available yet but smallpox vaccine has 85% efficacy if taken within 3 years.
I shit you not I thought monkeypox was a joke when I saw stuff on medtwitter about it. Had no idea it existed.
Think the last people to get smallpox vaccines in the USA are roughly 55-60 now.
More evidence this is a dog eat dog world and we are just a bad case of fleas.
Thatās a proper name for a virus - Covid sounds pretty friendly next to MonkeyPox.
Obviously I hope nothing comes of this and everything gets contained etc so we donāt have to see how brave anti-vaxxers are when confronted with this ā¦
They will 100% be inoculating themselves with cowpox before they take some newfangled socialist smallpox vaccine.
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IIRC the smallpox vaccine is gnarly enough to leave a scarā¦ or at least it used to be.
My girlfriend got it and she has a scar. Sheās 24 so that was probably ~20 years ago.
IIRC the smallpox vaccine kills like 1 in 1,000 people or something like that.
maybe variolation but no way for vaccination
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i think both smallpox and bcg vaccinations leave a small scar, where they are still administered. some people (me) incorrectly assumed they had both shots if they have a scar from childhood.
I checked, itās 1 in a million not 1 in a thousand.
I got it 20 years ago cause the military thought North Korea was going to unleash a smallpox attack for a few months, can confirm small scar is still on my arm. Itās barely noticeable but if youāre looking for it you can see it.
Title of your sex tape
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Smallpox immunization is a skin reaction, hence the scar, not injected in the blood stream. I donāt remember why.
Literal lol.
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https://twitter.com/axios/status/1527045700013416449?t=76I_ucEJD6eIQ5cIz_LYXA&s=19
So apparently human to human transmission is relatively slow, and it usually fizzles out unless this is a new strain. That said, itās apparently been circulating for a few years in Nigeria without fizzling out.
At least we have a society primed for collective action based on science!
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How are you feeling @Coasterbrad? Hope youāre doing ok!
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Thanks for checking in. Iām doing ok. Cough and runny nose are definitely a lot better but still present. Iāve been falling asleep a lot though, hard to stay awake.
Paxlovid seems to have helped kick the worst of the symptoms pretty quickly. Maybe just coincidental timing. But hoo boy the āpaxlovid mouthā is real. Itās this constant chemically taste in your mouth. Not unbearable but quite weird. Apparently the drug is secreted through your saliva glands. Similar sensation to IV solutions or meds that have a taste when pushed, but itās constant.
Work said Iām clear to come back tomorrow, 5 days after first symptoms. Lol thats not happening.
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Glad to hear itās stayed minor! Keep an eye out for Paxlovid rebound andā¦
Lol fuck them
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