Thread by @Rpshahmemorial1

Top 225 updates on #monkeypox, we posted until 200 here , again posting them & will start a thread from 201 onwards below this tweet
Here you go ....

201/n @mdc_martinus posted how #PublicHealthOntario accepted potential for #airborne transmission of #monkeypox, agree that this is the correct public health policy ctd)

202/n @BNODesk reported 134 cases globally today with the peak crossing the previous high of 100 , globally 700 plus cases ctd)

203/n @Antonio_Caramia has a good dashboard of #monkeypox, what is interesting is that Canada shows 5 times more cases than USA, is it because the Canadians are more proactive? They have better decentralized testing , they are being truthful or something else ctd)

204/n 26 Netherlands residents have now tested +ve for #monkeypox, Dutch public health institute RIVM, which is more than double the total from the last update 5 days earlier ie 12 cases. More maybe coming—a Belgian “ Darklands festival”mentioned.Is it sex or indoor ?

205/n “We really don’t actually yet know whether there’s asymptomatic transmission of monkeypox — the indications in the past have been that this is not a major feature — but this remains to be determined, she said. Ctd)

206/n @UKHSA has finally accepted FFP3 masks & PPE while protecting pregnant staff & those with weak immunity ctd)

207/n we saw earlier as to how the #monkeypox can probably hide in genital tissue , so the @UKHSA recommendations make sense ctd)

208/n In an #monkeypox outbreak there was infection in driver, nurse and ferry man who got the infection , this outbreak had 2 young kids dying due to pulmonary issues . Ctd)
doi.org/10.1093/ofid/o…

209/n When it comes to Tuberculosis we know that it is #airborne, #monkeypox is smaller than Tuberculosis ctd)
doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.tu…

210/n The 12 people, a mix of passengers and flight attendants, were with the infected #monkeypox person for 2 hours in transit, after the traveller’s flight from Europe stopped at BKK (Suvarnabhumi Airport), they will have to undergo 21 days of quarantine ctd)

211/n @sammy4723 made a pertinent point , apparently small pox was sturdy enough to stay for 66 days on clothing , these pox viruses including #monkeypox are sturdy viruses ctd)

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213/n It is interesting to note that the
Africans have been able to stop #monkeypox at the endemic levels seen earlier. Ctd)

214/n Peer reviewed @jtravmed
: bit.ly/3zbrAm0 shows that London was always the most common gateway for #monkeypox to spread , that means they had to be extra careful,but seems that not much has changed since #Covid. @BogochIsaac H/T ctd)

215/n This paper shows that pox viruses including #monkeypox are hardy ones staying in food , water & bandages / cotton clothes for 166 days in 4 degrees and for 2 weeks probably at 25 Degree , ctd)

@emilygraymd_mph @nschwalbe @BasgozNesli @BhramarBioStat @PMGPSC @dremilykeller @jinnypatchfidel @HuJirui @JanelleMMenard @MeetJess 216/n -@BNODesk showed 183 confirmed cases in UK- 132 cases in London- 181 men, 2 women- 111 cases in gay/bisexual men- 34 cases with foreign travel , so essentially 40% were NOT GAY/ BISEXUAL ( 72/183 men ie 183-111) , that should break one stereotype ctd)

217/n Fifteen people with links to monkeypox cases have been given the smallpox vaccine, and around 10 others were booked to get the shot on Tuesday, Montreal’s public health department says ctd)

218/n prominent public health professionals at London School of tropical medicine feel that it will take months for UK to quell this #monkeypox outbreak & the numbers could easily go over 1000 in UK alone ctd)

219/n @WHO urges countries to widen their #monkeypox surveillance, to look for cases in the BROADER community( not only MSM).Priorities are:-provide accurate information to most at risk groups-prevent further spread-protect health workers-advance understanding of the disease ctd)

220/n The US army does experiments to prove that #monkeypox spreads by aerosols & published in 2010,yet when the outbreak happens we try & be politically correct & dont ask people to mask ??: "Aerosol is a route of secondary transmission for monkeypox”ctd
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…