The big difference this time around is that this is a virus with an incubation period of up to 21 days, a basic fatality rate of up to 10% and can be transmitted by airborne droplet as well as rodents
Where do you get your information from? Stephen King?
Mainly from the Centres for Disease Control website but also looked at the UK Health Security Agency site. I was concentrating more on the transmission methods that would be most likely to cause a knee jerk reaction by governments given everything that was done over covid.
Infection period and potential fatality rate
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/symptoms.htmlTransmission methods
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.htmlOn this side of the pond Monkeypox is classified as an airborne High Consequence Infectious Disease (the same category as Pneumonic Plague, MERS, SARS and Hantavirus to name a few) but can also spread through contact based on these characteristics:
It is an acute infectious disease with a high case fatality rate
It is often difficult to recognise and detect rapidly and when it is detected there may not be an effective prophylaxis or treatment
It has the ability to spread in the community and within healthcare settings
It requires an enhanced individual, population and system response to ensure it is managed effectively, efficiently and safely
Airborne HCIDs are spread by respiratory droplets or aerosol transmission as well as the standard contact routes of transmission (direct contact with an infected patient or infected fluids, tissues and other materials, or by indirect contact with contaminated materials and fomites)
