jmdrake
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So.....just went down another rabbit hole thanks to [MENTION=3169]Anti Federalist[/MENTION]. His article about WHO renaming monkeypox because the name was somehow racist had this little gem:
Monkeypox has thus far infected over 1,600 people in more than two dozen countries, first breaking out in the United States this past May in Massachusetts and possibly having originated in Canada. W.H.O. director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Tuesday that the organization will be “working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades, and the disease it causes.”
That got me thinking. How did it get to Canada? This is what I found.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8873527/canada-monkeypox-origin-montreal-sauna/
If naming a sauna "G.I. Joe" sounds gay to you....well that's because it is. It's listed on the "travel gay" website. (I did a quick google search on "G.I. Joe gay sauna.") Oh...but there's more. From the above article...
Oh....that makes me feel so much better. I couldn't catch AIDS from a handshake....but monkeypox? I suspect there may soon be a run on latex gloves.
Monkeypox has thus far infected over 1,600 people in more than two dozen countries, first breaking out in the United States this past May in Massachusetts and possibly having originated in Canada. W.H.O. director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Tuesday that the organization will be “working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades, and the disease it causes.”
That got me thinking. How did it get to Canada? This is what I found.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8873527/canada-monkeypox-origin-montreal-sauna/
Monkeypox cases in Canada are suspected to have originated from a local sauna in Montreal, doctors have told Global News.
The country’s first two cases were reported by Quebec public health officials on May 19.
Dr. Robert Pilarski, a general physician in Montreal, who treated one of those patients last week, said the individual likely got the virus from a sauna he recently visited.
“He actually got it from G.I. Joe. So this is the suspected epicentre of the epidemic,” Pilarski told Global News.
READ MORE: Quebec to start vaccinating monkeypox contacts, confirms 25 cases
Another doctor, who did not wish to be identified, also said the source of Montreal’s monkeypox outbreak was Sauna G.I. Joe.
Government officials have so far stayed clear of confirming the origin of monkeypox in Canada due to concerns of privacy and stigmatization.
The country’s first two cases were reported by Quebec public health officials on May 19.
Dr. Robert Pilarski, a general physician in Montreal, who treated one of those patients last week, said the individual likely got the virus from a sauna he recently visited.
“He actually got it from G.I. Joe. So this is the suspected epicentre of the epidemic,” Pilarski told Global News.
READ MORE: Quebec to start vaccinating monkeypox contacts, confirms 25 cases
Another doctor, who did not wish to be identified, also said the source of Montreal’s monkeypox outbreak was Sauna G.I. Joe.
Government officials have so far stayed clear of confirming the origin of monkeypox in Canada due to concerns of privacy and stigmatization.
If naming a sauna "G.I. Joe" sounds gay to you....well that's because it is. It's listed on the "travel gay" website. (I did a quick google search on "G.I. Joe gay sauna.") Oh...but there's more. From the above article...
The majority of confirmed cases in the province are tied to men aged between 20 and 30 years, who have had sexual relations with other men. There has been one case in a person under 18.
Monkeypox is not considered a sexually-transmitted infection, but the virus can survive on surfaces such as bedding and is transmitted through prolonged close contact.
“It’s not sexual activity as such that transmits it. It’s skin-to-skin contact that transmits it as far as we know at this moment,” said Dr. Michael Libman, a tropical disease expert and professor of medicine and infectious disease at McGill University.
Monkeypox is not considered a sexually-transmitted infection, but the virus can survive on surfaces such as bedding and is transmitted through prolonged close contact.
“It’s not sexual activity as such that transmits it. It’s skin-to-skin contact that transmits it as far as we know at this moment,” said Dr. Michael Libman, a tropical disease expert and professor of medicine and infectious disease at McGill University.
Oh....that makes me feel so much better. I couldn't catch AIDS from a handshake....but monkeypox? I suspect there may soon be a run on latex gloves.
