A pox on all our futures

By now you’ve heard about monkeypox. The virus that provides flu like symptoms, weeks of strife, and finally giant pus filled pox marks on our palms of our hands and faces to signify the virus subsiding.

It all sounds pretty horrible, and unfortunately now for people worldwide it is a personal plague.

While there are no indications that give us information as to who patient zero is, there’s plenty of rumors about this mysterious monkeypox invasion of our planet. It doesn’t spread like earlier strains, and it certainly seems to be spreading much faster and further than anyone has ever seen before.

There was a brief moment in 2003 when monkey pox looked dangerous, as it spread from rats from New Guinea into the Midwest, and 70 or so became sick. There were no reported deaths from that mini outbreak.

The current situation seems different however. There are some rumors swirling that right now monkeypox patients seem to be men who have had sex with each other. The working theory is that this new outbreak is some form of a sexually transmitted disease. There’s very little information as to the demographics of each person who is now affected and infected.

We actually would like to refrain from making any rash decisions on who is getting this virus and why. Let’s not forget the experts at the World Health Organization told us that COVID-19 was not airborne. Keep the flights going, they said. Those disastrous early days have become synonymous with failure. Any slight chances to restrain the virus from becoming a global pandemic field within the first few weeks, and that was amplified by health officials claiming that the virus could not be spread easily through the air.

But that was then, this is now. And the now that we are living in looks a lot like then. Here’s a screenshot from today’s drudge report online. Notice the headlines look familiar, COVID-19 has now been replaced with monkeypox.. 

So what now? As with anything Time will tell. As with anything, it may be the darkest before the dawn. And as with this outbreak: It’s different and borders are there any before.