Well, it became an epidemic. Just saying.
The monkeypox supposedly can spread though sexual contact, which is the novel part of this one, but it will also spread through bites, scratches, contact with bodily fluids, and sneezing. So it has the potential to be pretty bad if it's spreading like it is.
I hope you get the fact that there is a HUGE difference between monkeypox and AIDS. Yes, more people are living longer, productive lives after being diagnosed with full blown AIDS. I have two friends who have AIDS. The truth is that the number of people with AIDS rises every year, but the mortality rate - deaths/infected individuals - goes down because treatment is so effective. On the other hand, half of all people who ever were diagnosed with AIDS have died.
Latest count for monkeypox in the US is 6 cases. Mp has a mortality rate of <3%.
News stories are pretty much like steak. All steak is the same (don't believe anything you hear about Angus beef being better, it's not) so what they have to sell is the sizzle. Since good news doesn't sell, they have to sell the sizzle, that mp is spreading and highly contagious.
Not just my opinion. Because one of my cousins died of complications related to AIDS (25 years ago and I've moved on) and because of my work with the AIDS population in my county and surrounding counties, I've spend a lot of time and effort in education with regard to AIDS.
