Pandemic 2.0?

koolpc · 22 May 2022 at 00:05

Apparently this person was infected 2 days ago!!

Surveyor · 22 May 2022 at 00:10

dowie said:
I really don't know why you're being so arsey about what was a perfectly reasonable question tbh. If that was all you could have just said that instead of throwing in snide comments etc..

I said it in reply #34.

jsmoke · 22 May 2022 at 00:40

One theory doing the rounds is that Russia introduced MP into the Uk(and other countries I assume) . Far fetched?

SexyGreyFox · 22 May 2022 at 01:19

jsmoke said:
One theory doing the rounds is that Russia introduced MP into the Uk(and other countries I assume) . Far fetched?

What do you think?
China allegedly for some idiots infected all of us on purpose but look what's happening over there now.
You can't infect other countries without it ending up infecting you back.

Efour · 22 May 2022 at 06:58

I drank pg tips as a kid am I doomed ?

Uther · 22 May 2022 at 06:59

Efour said:
I drank pg tips as a kid am I doomed ?

Nato will save you.

Dr House · 22 May 2022 at 11:01

Diddums said:
From an actual doctor then - should we be worried?

I’m not a ID doctor

But Not too much. It’s not that that east ti catch, it’s a DNA virus so does not mutate as fast and healthy people don’t get too sick.

Dr House · 22 May 2022 at 11:01

dowie said:
All men?

Mix

BowdonUK · 22 May 2022 at 11:16

There are some documents going around that monkeypox was used in a test pandemic simulation.

It seems 1. coincidental that now monkeypox as appeared, and 2. its not following the same pattern as it normally would.

dowie · 22 May 2022 at 11:37

Surveyor said:
I said it in reply #34.

I know, ergo why I said you could have “just” said that, it’s the other bit that I objected to.

Uther · 22 May 2022 at 12:14

Any of our resident anti vaxxers not going to bother with the vaccine when they break out in pustules?

Uther · 22 May 2022 at 12:19

Sounds delightful.
'According to the NHS, you can catch monkeypox if you are bitten by an infected animal or if you touch its blood, body fluids, spots, blisters or scabs.
Catching it from an infected person is very uncommon, but transmission is possible through touching clothing, bedding, towels or other items used by someone with the rash.
Contact with their blisters or scabs or exposure to their coughs or sneezes could also put you at risk.
Health experts have said the infection can also be caught by eating meat from an infected animal that has not been cooked properly.
It is also possible to catch monkeypox by touching other products such as skin or fur which came from an infected animal.'

dowie · 22 May 2022 at 12:34

Gotta wonder why it’s suddenly popped up in several countries, it’s been around for years in Africa but doesn’t tend to spread much because of the above. Hopefully this is just some anomaly/unlucky sequence of events and the transmission chains will be short/end but still even if it has somehow become more transmissible it does sound (at least at the moment) like it should be much easier to contact trace.

Like presumably it’s going to be family, close friends/flatmates, intimate partners even if one off hookups that are surely most at risk and easy to contact. Unlike say people sat at the adjacent table at a restaurant, nearby in a bar or next to you on a bus etc..

Gay saunas/clubs obvs an issue (or indeed any hetero places where people are hyper promiscuous with multiple strangers) the small pox vaccine targeted there sounds like a good idea.

Minusorange · 22 May 2022 at 13:08

Monkeypox: Israel, Switzerland and Austria confirm cases

Scientists are still unsure what is causing the outbreak, which has now spread to 15 countries.

www.bbc.co.uk

SexyGreyFox · 22 May 2022 at 13:15

Uther said:
Any of our resident anti vaxxers not going to bother with the vaccine when they break out in pustules?

I won't because they will be fake and caught by using Windows 10 and 6g

CaptainRAVE · 22 May 2022 at 13:23

For a virus that typically isn’t hugely transmissible, it is indeed bizarre that it’s popped up in so many different countries. Let’s hope it hasn’t mutated beyond the strain we think it is. My parents generation were among the last with immunity, so it seems we don’t have herd immunity.

BowdonUK said:
There are some documents going around that monkeypox was used in a test pandemic simulation.

It seems 1. coincidental that now monkeypox as appeared, and 2. its not following the same pattern as it normally would.

Computer models.

jsmoke · 22 May 2022 at 13:33

CaptainRAVE said:
For a virus that typically isn’t hugely transmissible, it is indeed bizarre that it’s popped up in so many different countries. Let’s hope it hasn’t mutated beyond the strain we think it is. My parents generation were among the last with immunity, so it seems we don’t have herd immunity.

Computer models.

Synthetic Pox virus maybe?

US Patent Application for SYNTHETIC CHIMERIC POXVIRUSES Patent Application (Application #20180251736 issued September 6, 2018) - Justia Patents Search

The invention relates, in general, to synthetic chimeric poxviruses, compositions comprising such viruses, and the development and use of systems and methods for producing such synthetic chimeric poxviruses. The synthetic chimeric poxviruses are well suited for live virus vaccines and...

patents.justia.com

LabR@t · 22 May 2022 at 14:04

Ww3 is biological it seems

Chris Wilson · 22 May 2022 at 14:06

And who on the forum is more qualified to suggest this than our own, well experimented on, lab rat?

lemonkettaz · 22 May 2022 at 14:18

You all laughing about this, but if Dr hillary tells you to get your mask on you will be clapping for the NHS again