Monkeypox is not Covid. here’s why

Of course, several leaders tried to placate citizens when Covid-19 first emerged, only for this virus to turn into a once-in-a-generation pandemic.

So how, exactly, is monkeypox different from Covid – and why are experts so much more relaxed about this outbreak?

More importantly, monkeypox does not spread as easily as Covid-19. “Respiratory spread is not the predominant concern” with monkeypox, McQuiston said. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is only transmitted between humans in the event of very close contact with an infected person, for example by sharing clothes or bedding, or through saliva.

However, in the developed world, “it would be very unusual to see anything other than a handful of cases in an outbreak, and we won’t see (Covid)-like levels of transmission,” Head said.

But perhaps most important of all, monkeypox is not a new disease. Smallpox vaccines can be used to fight the virus, there’s a wealth of scientific research into how the disease works, and it doesn’t mutate as quickly as Covid-19.

So if headlines about monkeypox take you back to March 2020, it’s worth thinking about.

“It’s a virus that we understand: we have vaccines for it, we have treatments for it, and it spreads very differently from SARS-Cov-2 — it’s not as contagious as Covid — so I’m confident we’re going to be able to keep our arms around him,” White House Covid-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told ABC’s Martha Raddatz on Sunday.

YOU ASKED. WE ANSWERED.

Q: Is Covid-19 contagious after treatment with Paxlovid?

A: People who have a relapse of Covid-19 after being treated with the antiviral drug Paxlovid may still be contagious, but they might not know it if they have no symptoms.

“People who rebound are at risk of transmitting to other people, even if they are outside of what people accept as the usual window for being able to transmit,” said Dr. Michael Charness of Veterans Administration Medical Center in Boston. .

Charness and his colleagues collaborated with a team of researchers from Columbia University to look at cases of Covid-19 that come back after Paxlovid treatment. He said they found at least two cases in which people transmitted the virus to others when their infection recurs.

READINGS OF THE WEEK

Shanghai is finally ‘re-opening’, but lockdown trauma lingers

Skyscrapers lit up, roads filled with traffic, and young people drank and danced in the streets as fireworks exploded overhead.

As of Wednesday morning, most of Shanghai’s 25 million people are free to leave their communities, shops and office buildings can reopen, cars are back on the streets and the subway and buses resume service.

Has Covid put a damper on your love life? Date night will make its comeback a success

The pandemic may have seemed like the perfect opportunity to nurture a relationship with unlimited access to your partner, uninterrupted togetherness, and plenty of time for intimacy.

But, as most of us know, lockdowns have had the opposite effect on romance. Living on top of each other, not changing pajamas, and sometimes not showering was the epitome of not sexy.

Sex therapist Madelyn Esposito-Smith said Covid-19 had “incinerated sexual desire” for couples living together, removing all “intrigue and mystery” and making alone time a “precious commodity”.

North Korea may rethink restrictions after claiming its Covid outbreak is improving

KCNA reported on Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un and other senior officials had assessed the pandemic situation as “improved” and discussed adjusting lockdown measures.

Pyongyang reported more than 89,500 new “fever cases” and 106,390 recoveries between Friday and Saturday night nationwide, but did not mention whether there were any other deaths.

According to KCNA, the country’s latest death toll stood at 69 as of the end of last week. However, given the lack of independent reports in North Korea, it is difficult to verify the figures and there has long been widespread skepticism about the country’s Covid reports.

SUPERIOR COUNCIL

If you are suffering from the long Covid, calm down

If you feel unwell in the weeks following a Covid-19 infection, you need to be prepared to take things slowly and manage your expectations of what you can and cannot do.

Dr. Erica Spatz, associate professor of cardiology at the Yale School of Medicine, said a common complaint is that even just walking around is horrible. When returning to exercise, “start with five to 10 minutes on a recumbent bike or rowing machine, and add a few minutes each week,” she suggested.

This “go slow” advice applies to all lingering effects of Covid, including cognition.

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