Monkeypox

[Micky]

For those who are concerned, there is a vaccine. Not sure if it is accessible in Thailand or not however.

[gumblebee]

For those who are concerned, there is a vaccine. Not sure if it is accessible in Thailand or not however.

I expect most members of this board were vaccinated against smallpox as children, and have the scar to prove it. The main question is how effective these vaccinations are after several decades. Looks like they hope it offers some benefit as in many places they're denying the monkeypox vaccine if you ever had the smallpox one. In Thailand they were still vaccinating children well into the 1980's.

[Moses]

I expect most members of this board were vaccinated against smallpox as children, and have the scar to prove it. The main question is how effective these vaccinations are after several decades.

Fast and cheap quantity test for antibodies will tell it.

[Patanawet]

Today's report.
THAILAND
'Don't panic'
Gen Prayut urges the public not to fret as authorities search for a European man who is believed to have infected the Thai man recently confirmed as Thailand's second monkeypox case.

[Dodger]

Today's report.
THAILAND
'Don't panic'
Gen Prayut urges the public not to fret as authorities search for a European man who is believed to have infected the Thai man recently confirmed as Thailand's second monkeypox case.

If the Nigerian guy could swim across a fucking river to Cambodia - maybe this European guy can pole vault to Malaysia.

[Jellybean]

Sorry, I couldn’t resist posting the following photo, which is doing the rounds on facebook:

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In case there’s someone out there who doesn’t quite get it, here’s a video clip of The Monkees, a 1960’s rock and pop band:

[francois]

And then there was one, Micky Dolenz.

[Jellybean]

Today, August 10th, 2022, I received the following email from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office regarding Monkeypox:

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Monkeypox

Travellers arriving from countries where monkeypox transmission has been recorded in the previous 21 days are asked to complete a health declaration form for contact tracing. If you are suspected of having monkeypox, you will be isolated in a hospital and prevented from travelling further until the results of a PCR test for monkeypox are known. This can mean at least 1 day of isolation.

• if the result of your test is negative, you will be allowed to resume travelling;

• if the result of your test is positive, you must continue your isolation in hospital, and be monitored by health officials. Patients will be discharged after an isolation of approximately 21 days or when they are no longer considered to be infectious.

During your stay in Thailand, if you develop symptoms of monkeypox, you can seek medical advice at nearby hospital facilities, or contact Thai Department of Disease Control’s national hotline for monkeypox 1422. Check your travel health insurance cover before you travel. More information about monkeypox can be found on the NaTHNaC website: https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/news/...nternationally

Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...hailand/health

[bkkguy]

This Is Not the Monkeypox That Doctors Thought They Knew, New York Times, Aug. 26, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/h...-symptoms.html

the full article is a good read as an update on where we might be heading with MonkeyPox thinking, some teasers ...

The patients turning up at clinics often have a range of symptoms that are not typical of the infection. Some of the infected seem to have no symptoms at all.
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Scientists now know that the monkeypox virus lurks in saliva, semen and other bodily fluids, sometimes for weeks after recovery. The virus has always been known to spread through close contact, but many researchers suspect the infection may also be transmitted through sex itself.
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Early in the outbreak, the C.D.C. said that “people who do not have monkeypox symptoms cannot spread the virus to others.” The agency changed that phrasing on July 29 to say that “scientists are still researching” the possibility of asymptomatic transmission."