Thread by @wendyisacsson

🧵CDC- monkeypox is spread by droplets,
BBC says coughs and sneezes, WHO removed airborne warning, ECDC says to medical practitioners it’s airborne, but to general public they say spread is by men to men sex MSM.
#Swedish Health Auth. choose only MSM option=do nothing
Surprised?

CDC:
“virus enters the body through broken skin (even if not visible), respiratory tract, or the mucous membranes (eyes, nose, or mouth). Human-to-human transmission is thought to occur primarily through large respiratory droplets”
CDC said same for covid
cdc.gov/poxvirus/monke…

BBC
Monkeypox:
“It can be spread through:
1) touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with the monkeypox rash
2) touching monkeypox skin blisters or scabs
3) the coughs or sneezes of a person with the monkeypox rash”
COUGHS AND SNEEZES 🤧🥹
bbc.co.uk/news/health-61…

ECDC to the general public NOTE this is only one of their angles:
"The majority of cases have been in young men, many self-identifying as men who have sex with men (MSM), and none with recent travel history to areas where the disease is endemic"
👬🥹
ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events…

THE ECDC with a different angle
ECDC’s information is different for the medical staff:
“The virus enters the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract or the mucous membranes”
Wow that’s a big difference to what they tell the general public! 💔🥹🤧
ecdc.europa.eu/en/all-topics-…

Sweden’s #FHM repeat only one of ECDC’s angles!
“virus transmission appears to have taken place through sexual contact between men who have sex with men in the case of cases in the UK. It’s not considered highly contagious, close contact is required”💔👬
folkhalsomyndigheten.se/nyheter-och-pr…

The CDC think it’s so dangerous that patients should be put in a negative vacuum isolation chamber?
Really?
How come #Sweden says it only spreads by men to men sexual contact?

“While monkeypox is rare and usually non-fatal, one version of the disease kills around 10% of infected people. The form of the virus currently circulating is thought to be milder, with a fatality rate of less than 1%”
Thought to be milder?
theconversation.com/what-is-monkey…

So while we wait and see if it’s airborne and
if it’s 1% or 10% mortality, how many will suffer?
In U.K. doctors who come into contact with a monkey pox patient have to self isolate!
Meanwhile, there are no protective measures for the rest of us 🥹💔