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IM NO POR T PR TE TH ANT IDE EN CR ISI SHE EW LT SN NIC UMB ER 072 OLE ER 287 631 0 Mag 35
although “risk to the general public is considered to be very low”, said Tom Inglesby, Director of the John Hopkins Center for Health Security. The Centre for Disease Control in the United States notes that there are two strains, both pose different risks, In the Congo Basin strain death is 1 in 10, whilst the West Africa strain is 1 in 100. And it is this strain that is affecting people in the current outbreak. Allaying fears that it will develop in to a pandemic in the same way as HIV or Corona virus, experts stress that monkeypox is highly visible, making contact tracing easier and existing smallpox vaccines could protect the public if needed. Most importantly, this is not a virus that is unique to gay men ... by referring to it in this way only fuels bigots who are on the lookout for anything that can stigmatise the LGBT+ community. Mag 43
