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Joenobody

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2. Monkey pox isnt
Fri May 20, 2022, 09:01 AM
May 2022

The kind of virus that'll cause pandemic, or even an epidemic. Small outbreaks are about it.

It generally has an r0 of less than 1. Plus it doesn't move silently like Covid. You become covered in a rash with large lesions, which is harder to ignore than a sore throat.

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Monkey Pox info [View all] AntivaxHunters May 2022 OP
I will admit I know little about Monkey Pox. Hugin May 2022 #1
Monkey pox isnt Joenobody May 2022 #2
Reminds me of a thought experiment posted here JonAndKatePlusABird May 2022 #4
"Small outbreaks are about it." BumRushDaShow May 2022 #5
Way to set the record straight, BR. Hugin May 2022 #6
One of the transmission vectors BumRushDaShow May 2022 #7
I'm surprised that they're saying Monkey Pox is mostly spread through sexual contact... LeftInTX May 2022 #9
"I'm surprised that they're saying Monkey Pox is mostly spread through sexual contact..." BumRushDaShow May 2022 #12
We had a few weeks of data on Covid Joenobody May 2022 #10
I think monkeypox is spread the same as smallpox... LeftInTX May 2022 #11
But it is Joenobody May 2022 #14
What "few weeks of data"? BumRushDaShow May 2022 #15
Moving the goalposts Joenobody May 2022 #17
What are you talking about? BumRushDaShow May 2022 #18
Holy fucking shit Takket May 2022 #13
This pandemic BumRushDaShow May 2022 #16
"JYNNEOS" a/k/a "Imvamune" BumRushDaShow May 2022 #3
That smallpox vaccine I got in 2016 is finally madville May 2022 #8
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