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Monkeypox Declared Public Health Emergency. Now What?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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What Is Monkey Pox and How Does It Spread?

Since about the 19 seventies, monkey pox has been confined really to rural parts of central and west africa. In this outbreak right now, people are transmitting it through sexual contact. So you're not catching monkey box on a bus or at a restaurant, or even at a bar or music festival. It can also spread by touching a surface that's contaminated with the virus. But i want to shift gears and ask you both about the vaccination efforrance to combat this fire. Because there's something we've heard, i think the federal government, is not sufficient supply of these vaccines yet.

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