“Believed to have been circulating for thousands of years, monkeypox is mired in misconception. Even its name is something of a misnomer: Monkeys (and humans) are just incidental hosts of the disease, which is thought to be found primarily in rodents,” according to the Smithsonian Institution.ĬOVID made its debut just two-and-a-half years ago. Some 574,000,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID and 6,390,000 have died as a result in about the same period of time just “ 16,500 monkeypox cases have been reported worldwide in 75 countries and territories.” The death toll from monkeypox over the past several years is less than 1,000 worldwide. A recent Reuters report points out that monkeypox symptoms are mostly mild, causing fever, aches, pains, and skin lesions but, for the most part, those who are infected “recover within two to four weeks.” Reuters also points out that while “anyone can spread the virus, the current outbreak outside of Africa is concentrated almost exclusively among men who have sex with men.”ĬNN did indeed report that two children were diagnosed with monkeypox, but the Centers for Disease Control says “Both of those children are traced back to individuals who come from the men-who-have-sex-with-men community, the gay men’s community.” They are being treated and are expected to fully recover.Īs South African comedian Trevor Noah describes the situation, “The good news and the big difference between monkeypox and COVID is, so far, monkeypox doesn’t seem as dangerous - so far. Still gotta take it seriously. says there’s a new global health menace to watch out for. It’s called monkeypox and, although it doesn’t seem to be as deadly as its COVID cousin, nor require you to cover up your face, it gives us pause for concern. Concern, not for the pox, but for why the World Health Organization is comparing the monkeypox virus with the COVID virus.
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug 1 - Just when we thought we’ve been successfully dealing with the COVID virus, the W.H.O.
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