I realize this is getting to be a bit like a repetitive drum beat, today -- but WHO is reporting that the Mpox outbreak is going to get worse for at least a few months, before we turn the corner.
And in this moment of inflection, Tangerine 2.0 thinks it a good idea. . . to stop agencies communicating with one another about the cases already present in the US -- and the threat levels posed by travelers arriving from certain geographies, with known, dispersed and wide spread outbreak levels. Damn. Here is the latest -- just look at how many nations have seen cases(!):
. . .Clade Ib MPXV is predominantly spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and neighbouring countries to the east, with community transmission reported in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, and mostly travelrelated cases in other countries where it has been reported. No human case has yet been substantively linked to a suspected animal exposure for this clade, and current genomic sequencing data suggest that it is transmitted only through human-to-human contact. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it has been reported from eight provinces: South Kivu, North Kivu, Kinshasa, Kasai, Tshopo, Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga and Mai-Ndombe, and it is the fastest expanding outbreak of an MPXV strain. Other most affected countries in Africa are Burundi and Uganda, where widespread transmission has been ongoing in recent months, while more limited transmission has been reported in Kenya and Rwanda, where the extent of undetected transmission remains unclear. Zambia and Zimbabwe have reported travel-related cases and very limited secondary transmission. Outside Africa, imported travel-related cases have also been detected (in order of reporting) in Sweden, Thailand, India, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Canada, Pakistan, Belgium, China, and France.
Secondary transmission from these cases has been reported in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Germany, Belgium, China and France.
Imported mpox cases have been among adults who travelled during their incubation periods or with early symptoms and were diagnosed once they arrived in the reporting country. Often, they reported prior sexual contact with a person with known mpox or someone with signs and symptoms suggestive of mpox.
Where initial clusters of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV expand and as the outbreak progresses, transmission patterns appear to evolve, with more spread within households, leading to a progressive shift in age and sex distribution, with a rising proportion of cases among children. . . .
Chaos. Chaos. Chaos. What a. . . brand. Damnation.
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