I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. Until a few weeks ago, both monkeypox and smallpox were listed as airborne diseases. It's been changed in public health doc's since monkeypox started to spread, but not because it has changed. They're just trying to downplay it.
"Human-to-human transmission occurs through close proximity or direct physical contact (e.g., face-to-face, skin-to-skin, mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-skin contact including during sex) with skin or mucous membranes that may have recognized or unrecognized infectious lesions such as mucocutaneous ulcers, respiratory droplets (and possibly short-range aerosols), or contact with contaminated materials (e.g., linens, bedding, electronics, clothing)."[1]
"Intubation and extubation, and any procedures likely to spread oral secretions should be performed in an airborne infection isolation room."[2]
Arete314159|3 years ago
loopback_device|3 years ago
[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeypox
wiz21c|3 years ago
"Limited person-to-person spread of infection has been reported in disease-endemic areas in Africa"
NeutronStar|3 years ago
"Human-to-human transmission occurs through close proximity or direct physical contact (e.g., face-to-face, skin-to-skin, mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-skin contact including during sex) with skin or mucous membranes that may have recognized or unrecognized infectious lesions such as mucocutaneous ulcers, respiratory droplets (and possibly short-range aerosols), or contact with contaminated materials (e.g., linens, bedding, electronics, clothing)."[1]
"Intubation and extubation, and any procedures likely to spread oral secretions should be performed in an airborne infection isolation room."[2]
[1]: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2...
[2]: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/clinicians/infection-...
Nowhere does it says that it is airborne.
dghughes|3 years ago
unknown|3 years ago
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