Subj : Why is mpox a thing To : MRO From : Dumas Walker Date : Thu Aug 22 2024 09:07 am > > MPOX is their fancy (less offensive?) rename of Monkeypox. It is not > > related to COVID. It has been in the news off and on for a few years now. > > You can only get it through close physical contact (often intimate but not > > always) with an infected person... > You have to be rubbing up against those leaky stores, your openings to theirs. > i wouldn't even say not always intimate contact. I need to remember not to open any of your posts while I am eating! :O :D That is mostly correct. I did hear a report, back when Monkey Pox first hit the news during COVID, that it was believed you could get it by, for example, sleeping in the same bed but not at the same time. The assumption here was that you would come into direct contact with the sweat (and probably the "sore fluid") of the infected individual. But, yeah, it is most always intimate contact. * SLMR 2.1a * Repartee: An insult wearing a suit and tie. ---