Release the New Fear Porn
The Kraken19 lost its mojo. Time to bring out King Kong Pox.
Here we go again.
Monkeypox now dominates the news. (Covid who?)
Not surprising - with a name like monkeypox and the scary visuals the virus brings to its human hosts - this 50+-year-old pathogen already held fear porn potential long before the internet came along (see photo above.)
On internet channels like social media and news websites, its contagiousness is HIGH - everyone is talking about it.
But the actual virus is not so easily spread biologically.
Starting with some info on what the virus is and how it gets passed to others is a good place for Detectives like you to begin inspecting…
What is Monkeypox, exactly?
Everything I’m about to report is from the World Health Organization’s website:
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with similar symptoms to smallpox and primarily occurs in central and west Africa, generally in proximity to tropical rainforests but increasingly seen in urban areas. The animals that “host” or carry this virus is a range of rodents and non-human primates (monkeys.)
The first known outbreak of human monkeypox occurred in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a nine-year-old boy in a part of the world where smallpox had been eradicated (since 1968.)
Nigeria experienced a large outbreak in 2017. There were over 500 cases suspected and 200 confirmed cases. The fatality ratio was approximately 3%. (Keep in mind that’s a 97% survival rate for those who don’t like math.)
Monkeypox has previously been seen in other regions and nations of the world - Israel, the U.K., Singapore, and the U.S. - all reportedly in travelers from Nigeria.
Here is a sentence added recently to the W.H.O. web page: “In May 2022, multiple cases of monkeypox were identified in several non-endemic countries.”
Like the U.S. (We’ll get to that in a moment.)
How is monkeypox transmitted?
The question everyone wants to ask - and needs to know.
Let’s first look at what the W.H.O. says about transmission. Since they are the source that globalist leaders want to use for medical information and corporate media conglomerates will certainly use them as their source of “science” and “truth” on this topic.
LOOKING AT WHAT THE W.H.O. SAYS ABOUT MONKEYPOX CAN ALSO PROVIDE A HEADS UP ON WHAT IS COMING. (My reaction comments are in parenthesis.)
The WHO writes: “Animal-to-human (zoonotic) transmission can occur from direct contact with the blood, bodily fluids, or cutaneous or mucosal lesions of infected animals.” (Remember, so far, monkeypox has only been found in rodents and monkeys. Not puppies or kitties.)
“In Africa, evidence of monkeypox virus infection has been found in many animals including rope squirrels, tree squirrels, Gambian poached rats, dormice, different species of monkeys and others. The natural reservoir of monkeypox has not yet been identified, though rodents are most likely. Eating inadequately cooked meat and other animal products if infected animals is a possible risk factor.” (Most Americans do not eat monkeys or rats. There has been no monkeypox found in cows, chickens or the usual western meat sources.)
“People living in or near forested areas may have indirect or low-level exposure to infected animals.” (Of course, the cities don’t have any rats to worry about.)
Human-to-Human Transmission
“Human to human transmission can result from close contact with respiratory secretions, skin lesions of an infected person or recently contaminated objects.” (This is where things get interesting and will continue to be argued and politicized - I’ve read from another source that “close contact” means like prolonged tongue kissing. But this WHO page is much vaguer, of course. On contaminated objects - if someone spits mucous on a tabletop, how long does that object stay contaminated? There’s no info on the WHO monkeypox info page.)
“Transmission via droplet respiratory particles usually requires prolonged face-to-face contact (see right there? That backs up the info elsewhere that says you cannot get monkeypox just by standing close to someone.) which puts health workers, household members and other close contacts of active cases at greater risk.” (Household members can easily avoid prolonged kissing while ill. Regardless, this looks like a potential excuse for lockdowns.)
“However, the longest documented chain of transmission in a community has risen in recent years from 6 to 9 successive person-to-person infections.” (Of course, there’s been a recent increase.) “This may reflect declining immunity in al communities due to cessation of smallpox vaccination.” (Or it could reflect other things also - which we will look at later.)
“Transmission can also occur via the placenta from mother to fetus (which can lead to congenital monkeypox) or during close contact during and after birth.” (Oh boy, this is going to freak out expectant mothers.)
“While close physical contact is a well-known factor for transmission, it is unclear at this time if monkeypox can be transmitted specifically through sexual transmission routes. Studies are needed to better understand this risk.” (That’s interesting about calling the spread through sexual behavior has “unclear” when there are many sources that clearly tie monkeypox transmission to sexual activity.)
Like this article in the Daily Mail: “Health chiefs believe the virus is mainly spreading through sexual contact with infectious lesions in the genital area.
Dr John Brooks, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC, warned these were often being mistaken for other diseases such as herpes.
He revealed in one case an individual thought they just had a severe form of herpes before they went to see medics.”
Further down it reads:
“One outbreak is currently being linked to a Gay pride festival in Gran Canaria, Spain, attended by 80,000 people, and a fetish event in Antwerp, Belgium.”
“Several cases have also been traced back to a 'sauna' in Spain, which is a colloquial term in the country for a place where men meet to have sex with men.”
World Health Organization chiefs said today the leading theory was that the virus had been spread due to unsafe sex at mass events.
Dr David Heymann, an infectious disease specialist at the agency, said: 'What seems to be happening now is that it has got into the population as a sexual form, as a genital form, and is being spread as are sexually transmitted infections, which has amplified transmission around the world.'
'We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission.'
This is a significant departure from monkeypox's normal mode of transmission, which is via contact with infected animals.”
Could this sudden uptick in monkeypox be connected to a recent weakening of immunity? Promiscuous behavior has been around for decades—nothing new there.
Keep your magnifying glass clean this week. News Detectives will continue to look closely at the monkeypox story that may or may not turn into the most significant news event of 2022.
Hoping that won’t be the case.
Truth is a solid antidote to fear porn. News Detectives will be seeking the real narrative surrounding monkeypox - we don’t automatically swallow the “official” report here. This community does not sit in a highchair getting its news spoon-fed directly from Big Brother.
Sometimes, the truth is “shocking.” That’s okay. It’s good to snap ourselves out of the hive mind often.
(If you are under age 35, you might not “get” my meme.)
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Like this interesting timeline of Monkeypox cases in the U.S. Enjoy!
And add to all of this, a recent report from the northern mountain region of the UK regarding a new outbreak of Dragon Pox. Cases have been reported near and around an ancient ruin that has been derelict for centuries. There are "no trespassing" notices posted around the location identified only as "Hogwa..s...h." No further developments are forthcoming but according to a wild, hairy nomad in the district, one R. Hagrid, it's codswallop. Stay tuned for updates.