Several cases and suspected cases in the North East. It is on 4 continents with over 1300 cases/suspected worldwide and 58 deaths.
I finally sent the mass SBAR about it after avoiding it all week. So many hours into learning about this... Great. Just what I need. Smallpox-Lite FML.
Might be containable. We (US) have a shit ton of vaccine (SNS has enough for all) and you can give it as a post exposure prophylaxis if you are quick about it.
Usually the central african clade is the one that is both the most transmissible and the deadliest... but probably not so deadly in the first world because we have antibiotics. Massive scarring sucks ass though. We'll have a look at sequences.
Apparently many clusters are in the gay community. CDC specifically said to have an index of suspicion of MFM. It does spread by bodily fluids most readily and presentation can be initially confused with some STDs.
Fuck Monkeypox.