Britain Has Now Reported A Ninth Case, Unrelated To The Others -- Of Clade 1b Mpox... Returning Traveler From Uganda...

Starting this week, the British health authorities will provide weekly updates, on Thursdays. [No more one -- by one -- by one. . . dribbles.] That's your clue -- if you are. . . savvy, that the Brits expect to see more of them -- they don't believe they've identified and contained. . . all the contacts of contacts.

And of course, the very encouraging news here, nonetheless (from an outbreak management/arrest perspective) is that there is a highly effective vaccine for Mpox. And the British have stockpiled it. We must also note the pure lunacy of the US walking away from USAID, and cutting off its funding to WHO -- both of which addressed the root cause / source of these outbreaks -- in various African nations. Insane.

In any event, here is the latest from the smart folks at U. Minn. / CIDRAP:

. . .The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) today reported another clade 1b mpox case, marking the country's ninth since October 2024.

In an update, the HSA noted few details, other than that the patient had a history of travel to Uganda, one of the current mpox hot spots in Africa's outbreaks.

The United Kingdom has reported four such cases since January 20, all in people who had traveled to Uganda. . . .

If Sens. Collins & Murkowski et al., fecklessly vote to confirm RFK Jr. -- we should all forward these daily virus outbreak tallies -- for the dread Ebola (Sudan Variant), Marburg, Mpox, Lassa Fever and H5N1. . . directly to her/their offices (in a paper-based blizzard of protests). They (and he!) will own all these completely avoidable (excess) virus-borne. . . deaths. Now you know. Onward.

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