TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Following the increase in cases monkey pox or monkeypox from United States of America (USA), experts warn that this outbreak could become sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, gonorrhea, and herpes.
However, some experts say that testing and smallpox vaccine can still stop the spread of the plague monkey pox.
Reported AP NewsSo far, there have been more than 2,800 cases of monkeypox in the US since the first case two months ago.
About 99 percent of his patients were men who had sex with other men, health officials said.
Health authorities have limited information about patients who have been diagnosed, and it is not clear how many people infected may be spreading it unknowingly.
Health officials also don’t know exactly how fast the virus is spreading.
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So far, the effect of vaccination and treatment is also not known how well.
This is because federal health authorities do not have the authority to collect and link data about who has been infected and who has been vaccinated.
With such a big question mark, predictions about how big an outbreak will be in the US this summer vary widely, from 13,000 to maybe more than 10 times.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), made sure the government was focused on the outbreak as well as vaccine supplies.
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