We should probably get used to the unexpected.
As with COVID, it’s important to remember that we have tools that can help stop the spread of monkeypox."The control of this is in our hands right now, and if we if we want to stop it, we should react in the right way," Heymann said.
Be aware that, so far, the virus appears to have spread mainly among other men who have sex with men, "We're seeing influenza cases in Los Angeles in late May, which is unheard of," Uslan said. Experts speculate that, because the pandemic kept us from interacting with each other,"the normal cycles and patterns of exposure and immunity have been altered," he said.
"Things like this monkeypox are a good reminder that there are infections out there in animal populations that infect humans," Heymann agreed."We just have to be aware that there's a whole animal kingdom out there with organisms that can come into humans."
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