We talked to our health department yesterday about #MPXV#monkeypox and y’all, the future is not good. Essentially, because the public refused to do 10 day quarantines they dropped to 5 hoping they would at least do 5. This is the same with mpxv.
They said “for now vax is for close contacts”
Us: ok but don’t fomites live on surfaces at least 24 hours?
Then: yeah
Us: ok so what about when someone with #mpxv goes in Kroger and touches carts and products with open sores?
Them: we would use cameras to try to identify close contacts
Us: ok that is unserious. But let’s reframe, what about school starting in 6 weeks and the playground? Bathrooms? Cafeteria? Shared markers and pencils?