As of September 16, 2022, the latest number of global monkeypox cases is now 60,332 in 107 countries. The CDC published a case report about a man who contracted monkeypox even though he was vaccinated with the ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine eight years ago. The ACAM2000 is approved to help protect against smallpox and has…
In March 2021, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Munich Security Conference (MSC) conducted a tabletop exercise that portrayed a global pandemic of the deadly monkeypox virus – I talked about that in, The 2021 Monkeypox tabletop exercise resulted in 3.2 billion cases, 271 million dead. Their Scenario Design Summary shows that by January…
There are now more than 14,000 cases of monkeypox in non-endemic areas globally. 77 New Confirmed #Monkeypox cases Germany 🇩🇪 Total Cases 14306 (14266 confirmed) 👉Visit https://t.co/k2jiW1Lugo for more#monkeypox #MonkeypoxVirus#monkeypocalypse #MPXV #MPX #Monkeypoxalypse #affenpocken pic.twitter.com/elfAf5joFy — Monkeypox Meter (@Monkeypoxmeter) July 20, 2022 A new study from Eurosurveillance detected the monkeypox virus DNA in semen, feces,…
In May, I wrote that the 2021 Monkeypox tabletop exercise resulted in 3.2 billion cases and 271 million dead; in it, I discussed how the World Health Organization would use monkeypox to pass the Pandemic Treaty. Yesterday the WHO Emergency Committee convened to decide whether monkeypox is a global health emergency or a Public Health…
This article shows two studies that add more to our understanding of the current monkeypox epidemic. Monkeypox is a DNA virus from the Pox family. One study from Italy isolated monkeypox DNA from semen in four men who have sex with men (MSM). All patients travelled in the first 2 weeks of May 2022: three…
The latest number of monkeypox cases in nonendemic areas worldwide is 1,536, with 49 patients in the US. Latest monkeypox news VOA News reports that the World Health Organization has warned that there is a risk that monkeypox will be established in countries where it is not usually endemic. That means monkeypox will continue to…
Update June 5, 2022: WHO update on Monkeypox: To date, the clinical presentation of confirmed cases has been variable. Many cases in this outbreak are not presenting with the classical clinical picture for monkeypox. In cases described thus far in this outbreak, common presenting symptoms include genital and peri-anal lesions, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and pain…
This article has two objectives. One is to present the adverse effects of the two smallpox vaccines, JYNNEOS and ACAM2000, also used for monkeypox. The second is to demonstrate that reporting adverse events after vaccination (like COVID-19 shots) is necessary so that the safety profile of that product can be more defined. Knowledge about adverse…
When I started writing about monkeypox on May 19, there were only 35 cases. As of this writing, there are now 228 confirmed and 90 suspected cases as tabulated by BNO News. 35 to 237 confirmed cases in five days. That is almost a 700% increase. At this rate, the monkeypox cases may be in…
According to Reuters, Germany ordered 40,000 Imvanex™ smallpox vaccines from Bavarian Nordic to carry out ring vaccinations. Ring vaccination is given to close contacts of an isolated infected person. This prevents the spread of a contagious and deadly disease. The ring is the group of people in close contact with the infected patient. The vaccinated…
Many articles circulating say that the Wuhan Virology Institute (WVI) in China made a gain of function experiment on the monkeypox virus. That is not true. The experiment from the scientists at the Wuhan Virology Institute is the Efficient assembly of a large fragment of monkeypox virus genome as a qPCR template using dual-selection based…
Studies on aerosolized monkeypox were done before to understand smallpox better. Could it be responsible for the many cases suddenly showing up?
In March 2021, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Munich Security Conference (MSC) conducted a tabletop exercise that portrayed a global pandemic of the deadly monkeypox virus. In the scenario, the monkeypox was caused by a terrorist attack. The exercise scenario portrayed a deadly, global pandemic involving an unusual strain of monkeypox virus that…
