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2022-08-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Sex between men, not skin contact, is fueling the monkeypox outbreak, scientists are now saying based on the research

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Posted by Fred 2022-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Report: Research Suggests Sex Between Men Driving Monkeypox, Not Merely Skin Contact

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-19 03:02|| 2022-08-19 03:02|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Oh, that's going to go over like the proverbial turd in a punchbowl. The word has very quietly gone out that no matter what the research says, it's skin-to-skin contact, with only a VERY minor STD component. Anything else is going to be hammered down hard by the Usual Suspects.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-08-19 15:26|| 2022-08-19 15:26|| Front Page Top

#3 I support science, but I want to know as little as possible about that particular study.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-08-19 21:04|| 2022-08-19 21:04|| Front Page Top

#4 As I recall, for smallpox it is the poxes that carry the infection — in cowpox, too. Jenner’s vaccine involved dipping a splinter in a cowpox pustule, then inoculating the target with the fluid. Whereas a smallpox infection could be deliberately spread by dipping splinters in active poxes, then setting them where they would scratch the targets —trade blankets for Indians in the early days, reportedly.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-19 23:16|| 2022-08-19 23:16|| Front Page Top

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