WHO declares mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared the spread of mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — in Africa as a global health emergency. There have been over 17,000 confirmed and suspected cases reported this year, surpassing last year's total. Health officials warn the potentially deadly virus could spread internationally.

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[OrlanduHolySwordsman]

Great. Economic crash. Wars. leaked SSNs, and now Mpox.

[teenahweenah]

Democratic Republic of the Congo is a gold rich nation. The DRC was one of the first African Nations to receive the AstraZeneca's viral vector covid-19 vaccine, March 2021. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a weak healthcare infrastructure. Therefore, It is difficult to report side effects from the viral vector vaccine technology.

[julesindigoblue]

Riddle me this: Any good Epidemiologist would find the source…confine the source/ outbreak area….and stop the spread. So….if you look at FlightRadar, why are there continual flights to and from Central Africa into the Uk, Europe and North America? Flights should be immediately grounded from contamination areas. But, like COVID, (I have images), the flights continue. Unbelievable.

[Supreme-gujz]

Well this is upsetting but we shouldn't be too worried considering we have actual grownups in the white House who make decisions on what the science 🧪 says. Thank God.

[riskey]

VOTING TIME GUYS ✌🏻😂✌🏻🇺🇲 NAW WE GOOD 😎

[MDMLD]

Of course, there is another one coming. It's election year! Didn't fall for the 1st one and won't fall for this one either.

[corporalsanders]

I would say suspend travel from africa, but i know they wouldn't want to offend anyone.

[commonsense]

Revelations 16:2
The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

[chapelknight]

May spread only through skin-to-skin contact? I've never felt so invincible

[Shaolinz]

Thanks Lord for bible study class
Thanks Lord for your salvation
Psalm 91

[Jkub]

Is this the gay one? I'm losing track of all these viruses/diseases...

[sacredweights]

How did it go from gay people to children? 🤔🤔🤔

[NHLblkgurl]

This is scary and dire! (Hurry up and pass out all those vote by mail

[NHLblkgurl]

You mean “Money” Pox? (Must be a typo from Tedros)

[mada]

No no no i cant so this ans worrying about my famliy dieing 😭😭😭

[ritardstrength]

Welp, better mandate voting by mail! Just in time too!