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honestly before the last few headlines I had no idea this could kill

admittedly I haven't followed it that closely but wow

we're really f'cking up and covid is still on a tear and we've done away with almost all of the infrastructure for covid
 

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honestly before the last few headlines I had no idea this could kill

admittedly I haven't followed it that closely but wow

we're really f'cking up and covid is still on a tear and we've done away with almost all of the infrastructure for covid
I thought that this shyt was overhyped. Is it really a problem?
 

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for a virus that has been around for years, the messaging from experts is really confusing

They’ve learned nothing from COVID or HIV/AIDS


More like science-illiterate people learned nothing.


You don't want firm statements cause they might turn out to be wrong later and you'll lose all trust.

You don't want tentative statements couched in some uncertainty cause that's too confusing.

You don't want them to say they know nothing cause that's unhelpful.

And you don't want anyone to force coordinated messaging cause that's a conspiracy.



What do you want "them" to do, with "them" being the millions of scientific-literate people across the world trying to make sense of those and distill that information for others?
 

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At minimum we would all have to wait at least 3 months before the possiblity of the monkeypox vaccine to have mass availability.

Luckily I don't have kids, because its all skin contact based for the most so that shyt will spread in schools. Still I am getting the vax because I heard its more like Smallpox than Chickenpox.

If I have to wait months, so be it.
 

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Luckily I don't have kids, because its all skin contact based for the most so that shyt will spread in schools. Still I am getting the vax because I heard its more like Smallpox than Chickenpox.

If I have to wait months, so be it.
Yeah, me too.
 

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yeah by all (scientific) accounts current monkeypox mutated a few years ago into a strain that mutates faster than it should.

monkeypox is a DNA virus so should mutate relatively slowly.

for some reason the monkeypox type spreading in the west is not behaving like a DNA virus in this regard.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...ed-rate-with-accelerated-evolution/ar-AAYOKqr

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...lerated-evolution-around-50-mutations-in-dna/
 
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