How do we stop this? Well, that's a really good question. The way that we stop it is we have to get in front of it. Skin can be a good barrier. It just depends on how thin your skin actually is until you troo o. So got to have really go situationa warins tha testing, good clinical definitions,. clinitions and know what to look for. Then we all have really good vaccines. Now, there are a couple of vaccines that are out therethere's the genios vaccine, which is this vaccine. And so when you are in contact with the lesions that it causes a direct contact, that is probably the most efficient route for transmission.
What is Monkeypox? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice learn essential information about the history of monkeypox, how it’s spread and how people can prevent themselves from getting it with epidemiologist Dr. Anne Rimoin.
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