Too Much Monkey Business
“Monkeypox likely spread by sex
at raves in Europe, experts say.”
The headline in the local paper
read like a grocery store checkout line tabloid.
Weary from all the Covid drama –
a million dead in the United States alone! –
we now had another
disaster movie scenario to contend with.
A WHO scientist cited raves in Belgium and Spain.
“We know Monkeypox can spread
when there’s close contact with lesions
of someone who’s infected,” he told the reporter.
“Now it appears
sexual contact has amplified the transmission.”
Seeking to tamp down the hysteria,
the “expert” went on:
“There haven’t been any deaths.
Typically, the virus causes fever, chills, rash,
and lesions on the face and genitals.
Most people recover within weeks,
without having to go to a hospital.
Also, it’s not spread through the air,
and we do have vaccines.”
Whew.