270 odd suspected and confirmed cases of monkey pox world wide. At least one travel associated case that has happened at the same time as this outbreak. Most of the other cases are among a gay and by men, men who have sex with men. Many of whom are linked by having been in the same place at the same events at thesame time.
Good news: Epidemiologists don’t think monkeypox will be as bad as Covid-19. Bad news: We stopped vaccinating people against this type of disease decades ago. Vox reporter (and resident epidemiologist) Keren Landman explains.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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