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A “Global Emergency?” Nah, Just Global Political Correctness
The World Health Organization (WHO) has only six other times declared a disease-specific “global health emergency.” Covid-19 was the most recent one, although they can’t seem (refuse?) to confirm its origination. Ebola is a highly fatal disease that has inspired several disaster movies. Zika is another one known for causing brain defects in infants born to mothers infected by the virus. MERS, a Middle-Eastern coronavirus respiratory disease, earned the designation in 2012. A pair of especially virulent flu viruses, including H1N1 in 2009-10, largely round out a list that includes several humanitarian crises in places like Afghanistan.
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And the insanity continues. We wouldn’t want a politically incorrect response, would we?
Anyone claiming to be in sexual health that demonstrates such poor sexual hygiene is clearly not one to be listened to.
Hygiene – put it wear it belongs, monogamy, very few partners approaching 1.
I like this approach, Stina, except the part about “approaching 1.”
The rule should be one, I think, with an exception for serial marriage after death or Biblically permissible divorce.
Time for social distancing.
But no…
Some leeway for divorce or post-widow marriage.
Am I the only one wondering about the extent of “close contact” experienced by those two children in those households and where on their bodies the pox manifested? Generally, a STD in a child is grounds for an extensive potential abuse investigation. Is child sexual abuse being overlooked because they are living in politically correct, and therefore protected, households? From an epidemiologic standpoint, it is very important to know how easily these children were infected if there was not abuse. It really needs to be excluded and surely needs to be investigated.
Based on existing models and policies, if a disease is disproportionately spread by male homosexuals, we need to intensify sex education for elementary school children and convince the general public that they are equally at risk.
According to Breitbart, WHO chief Tedros broke a 9-6 tie.
No, you are not. I wondered the same thing when I heard about the infected kids. I have yet to read any more details other than they are fine. I didn’t know they were from gay households until I read this.
That’s a very reasonable question. But it does appear that monkey pox can be spread by casual, “non-intimate” contact and there is reason to believe that aerosol transmission is possible between individuals in relatively close proximity for any length of time such as across a dinner table. (See Wikipedia for starters.)
I remember when gay activists, pretending to be public health experts, spread that panic.
Perhaps they see Monkeypox as an opportunity to panic governments into giving their cronies large sums of money for emergency programs to develop and distribute vaccines: Even cloistered nuns must be vaccinated because #reasons.
You are definitely NOT the only one.
Yeah, I don’t trust any of that on health care, but ESPECIALLY not where STDs and homosexuality are concerned. Look at the kind of fall out professionals had over ivermectin and COVID (that was not warranted at all) and then consider what kind of response would occur if the CDC were to claim this is a legit STD affecting one of the biggest protected classes in the country?
I don’t think they have any cases that were not exposed to it via sexual contact (minus the kids, of course).
Choices have consequences. The health worker who participated in an orgy is an idiot. If AIDS wasn’t enough of a warning against that type of behavior then any new outbreak is a selective pressure. Nature does not like being ignored. BTW, why is that picture of Hunter Biden part of the post? (couldn’t resist!)
There was a feature on Monkeypox on Irish radio today. The interviewee must has have said “we don’t judge” at least three times. It’s a long way from “grannykillers”!