🧵 on why the past experiences aren't good enough #monkeypox disease was first confirmed in humans in 1970.When the outbreak happened most thought it will be a few cases based on earlier outbreaks BUT some of us believed otherwise. See the old tweet ctd)
https://twitter.com/Rpshahmemorial1/status/1527142495284756481?s=20&t=S7RHY-pUNH4M5hAfRXTBSQ
2/n We were plain lucky to have the West African clade of #monkeypox spread and not the #Congo clade spread , had that happened those who are lecturing is would have been scurrying for cover. Whether it is #Nigeria or it is Globally #monkeypox has broken a lot of barriers.ctd) 
3/n with massive undercounting globally we are at 70,000+ cases in 102 new countries.All with availability of #Vaccine & #Tecovirimat in many countries. It would have been thousands more - so even if anyone has experienced the past- it doesn't help - the field has changed ctd)
4/n The #WHO it seems has learnt the lesson - they were proactive in declaring #monkeypox as pandemic ( though could have been better response but still),@DrTedros & @DrMikeRyan were at #Uganda immediately.#Ebola strain that people may have seen earlier has was different ctd)
5/n most importantly we are seeing immunosuppression in the population due to #Covid along with a strong resistance to #PublicHealth, this is very bad news. Never in past history would an #Ebola infected kid gone to school & school remained open .I hope I am wrong 🙏🙏
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