The Well and Good website has listed 6 strongly popular myths about the monkeypox virus, which raises fears of a recurrence of the Corona pandemic, which the world has experienced during the past two years.
1. Monkeypox is a new virus: This information is wrong, because this virus was detected dozens of years ago and was subjected to dozens of research, says Joseph Osmondson, a molecular biologist and assistant professor of biology at New York University.
According to the World Health Organization, monkeypox in humans was first detected in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a 9-year-old boy who lived in an area where smallpox was eradicated in 1968.
2- Monkeypox is sexually transmitted. Monkeypox is not an STD. Transmission may occur through close contact with an infected person, whether by sexual contact, holding hands, touching, hugging or kissing..
3. Monkey pox only affects gays and bisexuals: It’s partly true, because a number of the people diagnosed in the current outbreak of monkeypox are gay men, but not all of them are.
The UK’s Health Security Agency said a significant proportion of recent cases detected in Britain and Europe involved “gay and bisexual men”.
4- Monkeypox is the next version of COVID-19 It is true that monkeypox is a worrisome disease, but it is completely different from the emerging corona virus, which appeared in late 2019. Experts say that it is not a respiratory disease, and that it is also a disease.Less transmissible from corona, as the average number of people who will catch the virus from an infected person, is between one to two.
5- Monkeypox is spread only in African countries: This is not true, and the evidence is that a number of countries in the world, whether in Europe, the United States or Asia, have announced the registration of infections with this virus. Experts say that anyone, regardless of race or color, is at risk of developing monkeypox.
6. Don’t Worry About Monkey Pox Some users of social networking sites expressed their lack of concern and fear of “Monkeypox”, given that it is not similar to Corona.
“The truth is that it’s OK to worry about these cases and their resurgence,” Will and Goode said. “Staying informed of new cases and knowing what communities are most affected is the best way to protect yourself and your family.”
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