Two More Clade 1b Mpox Cases Emerge (In Children), In A Special Needs School, In North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany... Hard News.

It seems a member of the infected / host family, from which the two cases arose, was a recent traveler to Western Africa. It also seems all the members of the family (four, in total) have tested positive for Mpox Clade 1b (the more dangerous strain of Mpox). That's. . . hard news.

In any event, here's the latest, from EU newspapers:

. . .A school in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia was closed as a precaution on Monday after two children were found to be infected with the mpox virus.

The mpox clade 1b variant was found to be present in four members of a local family. There have been placed in quarantine.

The two children attend school for children with special needs in the town of Rösrath, not far from the city of Cologne.

Following the infection report, the school was closed and lessons will be carried out online until Friday, authorities said. . . .

We should expect to see more of these sorts of limited outbreaks, in all post modern economies. We didn't get out ahead of it, when we could have -- and now this is what viral bio-science looks like. Tough news -- but to be expected. Onward.

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