Monkeypox outbreak may get 10 Times bigger:
UK's Covid lockdown architects warn 'major'
epidemic is 'highly likely' as health
chiefs log 200 more cases of tropical virus
Posted By: NorthernDog, 6/21/2022 9:27:57 AM
The global monkeypox outbreak is 'likely' to get 10 times bigger, according to the scientists behind the models that plunged the UK into Covid lockdowns. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine scientists, who estimated how monkeypox will continue to spread, warned it is 'highly likely' that another 10,000 cases of the tropical virus would be spotted worldwide. Their model, calculated in May when just 728 cases were confirmed or suspected globally, suggests the outbreak will largely affect the men who have sex with men community, while a surge in cases among other groups is 'unlikely'. The outbreak, which was
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I guess we now need a Monkeypox Czar.