Should the public panic? An infectious disease expert gave her case about whether monkeypox should rise to the level of concern similar to the early days of the COVID pandemic.
who is an infectious disease expert with Memorial Hermann Health System
, told ABC13 that number will rise in the coming weeks due to an increase in testing, but it's not something to get alarmed over.Yancey said monkeypox has been spreading the quickest among men who have sex with men, but it's a disease that anyone can get through skin-to-skin contact, droplets in the air, or germs that linger on surfaces."This is a disease that affects children more severely than adults, so we do need to be mindful of that," explained Yancey.
Yancey said sanitizer is effective in killing the virus, and she also recommended sanitizing surfaces like shopping cart handles. She also said masking and social distancing are useful tools to consider as cases rise in the United States. She said patients infected with monkeypox generally experience symptoms such as fatigue and chills before bumps and lesions begin forming around a week later."Nobody needs to panic about monkeypox," she said. "Right now, of tens of thousands of cases worldwide, we have only had three deaths. This is not COVID. It is going to cause, in most people, a mild illness. That being said, nobody wants to get it. We do want to be cognizant and aware of the situation.
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