tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post2874523787590132978..comments2024-03-03T21:52:36.774-06:00Comments on A trainwreck in Maxwell: Lets see if I got this right.....KurtPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-44191788804040214522022-08-16T23:18:29.022-05:002022-08-16T23:18:29.022-05:00Contrary to popular belief, monkeypox is not a STD...Contrary to popular belief, monkeypox is not a STD. It spreads by casual contact. You can brush up against someone in a crowd and get it. And yes, you can get it from a toilet seat. Of course, the closer and more intimate the contact, the more chance there is of infection.<br />It's happenstance that it hit the gays first. With "hookup culture" it could just as easily spread through raves and music festivals, or any other place where young people gather in crowds.<br />Virtually everyone who has gotten it was born after 1977. That is significant because that's when smallpox was eradicated and the universal vaccination of the population against smallpox ended. Smallpox and monkeypox are closely related and smallpox vaccination also prevents monkeypox infection.. Older people are at less risk of infection because smallpox vaccination is believed to be effective for up to 75 years. <br />This whole thing could be stopped cold immediately by starting smallpox vaccination back up. The government keeps a stockpile of smallpox vaccine in case of a biological warfare attack with plans for widespread inoculation so it could be done. However, just recently they allowed 20 million doses to spoil and had to throw them away. I'm shocked - shocked I say!<br />I did some checking to see if anything is actually being done and I found that there are 2 "monkeypox" vaccines. The only people eligible to get them are gay men. <br />StevePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389148581959781269noreply@blogger.com