28,000 cases! Emergency! 81 children diagnosed with virus evolution!

A case in kindergarten!

After the World Health Organization sounded the alarm, the monkeypox epidemic still exploded like crazy! So far, the number of cases has spread wildly to 28,000, and the United States has exceeded 7,500 cases and declared a state of emergency.

Originally thought it was still far away from us, but today, some facts are desperate and terrifying——

A female cashier working at a gas station was suspected of being infected by counting banknotes by hand, with fever, headache, "extreme pain", and couldn't even get a mobile phone; an Airbnb female cleaner was infected by changing sheets for guests; a family The nursery was shocked by the infection of employees, and then experts warned that it is only a matter of time before the monkeypox epidemic enters the gathering environment. Next, swimming pools, sports centers, and schools will all become places of transmission!

It is the second month of summer vacation, and the scorching sun has made swimming pools, creeks and lakes the favorite places for families with children.

But recently, after a kindergarten employee was diagnosed with monkeypox in the US state of Illinois, infectious disease experts worry that it will only be a matter of time before monkeypox spreads into congregate settings.

Swimming pools, water parks, daycares, schools, college campuses, sports teams, etc., may all be places for the spread of this horrific new virus. Dr. Alexandra Brugler Yonts said.

People could be infected just by accidentally touching them in a swimming pool in a water park, or rubbing shoulders while playing football or other sports, just by bumping into a virus carrier lightly.

Ms.C from Georgia recently revealed her experience of contracting the virus. On July 11, she found that she had a small pimple on her face. She thought it was acne and didn't pay much attention to it.

Indeed, although there were many cases of monkeypox in the United States at the time, most of them were transmitted between men, and Ms.C felt that the virus was far away from her.

But a few days later, the acne on Ms.C's face began to turn white, and it grew more and more. She panicked and rushed to the hospital to see a doctor, where she was diagnosed with monkeypox. This is also the first case of monkeypox in Georgia.

Ms.C is a cashier at a gas station, where cars come and go every day, and people are constantly flowing. "I touch a lot of cash every day. The mask order was lifted, so we didn't wear masks and I didn't wear gloves," Camille said. "I probably just inadvertently touched my face and body and moved. A whole bunch of bacteria."

After the infection, Ms.C's symptoms rapidly escalated within a short period of time, with fever, rash, headache, fatigue, joint pain and muscle pain in addition to the acne lesions.

"The lesions on my face were the first and the bumps stayed on my face for a whole week and a half. As my face started to heal, the bumps started to appear on my body."

"I have grown a lot on my hands, so it's hard for me to do anything with my hands. I can't hold my phone, I can't even fold my clothes, the little things are very painful."

This state of distress continued on Ms.C for three and a half weeks before she began to gradually recover.

Now, Ms.C knows that monkeypox can be infected by anyone, not just men, but also without skin-to-skin contact.

"Monkeypox is primarily spread through skin-to-skin contact, but it can also be spread through respiratory droplets." Dr. Linda Yancey, an infectious disease specialist at Memorial Herman Health System in Houston, said monkeypox is "absolutely likely" to be spread through items such as money because it The virus can survive in the environment for several days.

In fact, the first female case of infection in the U.S. was a female cleaning worker for an Airbnb, "so any high-touch item, like money, doorknobs, shopping carts, has the potential to spread," Dr. Yancey said.

More studies have also shown that monkeypox virus can survive in the environment for up to 35 weeks after leaving the human body!

The National Institutes of Medicine has studied monkeypox virus aerosol suspensions, and the concentration of monkeypox virus in aerosols remains stable for 18-90 hours; at the same time, the virus has the ability to remain infectious in aerosols for more than 90 hours possible!

According to the World Health Organization, as of the end of July, 81 children had been infected.

According to Health Canada, there are now 957 confirmed cases across the country and the number of infections is approaching 1,000.

It is worth noting that although monkeypox is not a new virus, it is indeed unexpected this time.

Historically, humans have been dealing with it for more than half a century since it was discovered in 1958, but it has always been in some parts of Central Africa and West Africa, and community transmission has rarely occurred outside Africa.

In 2003, the United States experienced the most serious monkeypox outbreak before, with 47 confirmed and suspected cases, which were later investigated as imported from Africa; however, in 2022, the number of monkeypox cases in the United States has exceeded 7,500 as of August 5. , spread to the United States, and it is completely unlike the previous cases with a clear history of travel and contact in Africa.

Compared with the monkeypox virus strain four years ago, the virus strain carried a total of 50 new mutations, presumably showing signs of accelerated evolution, according to a previous study published in Nature Medicine by the Portuguese National Institute of Health. In Africa, 70 people infected with a stronger version of the virus died, showing that the evolved version of monkeypox is more lethal.

It is no wonder that the WHO was nervous, and after several discussions, it finally declared it a "public health event of international concern".

It can only be said that after the new crown, we have too many incomprehensible viral phenomena, such as the return of Marburg hemorrhagic fever and polio (polio).

Humans are still small in the face of the virus, so be cautious and continue the habit of wearing a mask and washing your hands frequently.

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