Is monkeypox a threat as grave as Covid-19? Will monkeypox become a Covid-like pandemic? Read here
Monkeypox virus, which has been hopscotching across the world, has become a cause of concern among the authorities as the cases continue to rise. So far, more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been detected in over 60 countries.
As the monkeypox cases continue to mount, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it monkeypox virus a global health emergency the highest alarm it can sound.
The last time WHO sounded this alert was back in January 2020, when it declared Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
But is monkeypox a threat as grave as Covid-19? While some symptoms of monkeypox may be similar to that of the Covid-19 virus, the previous is a way less serious threat than the latter. While the monkeypox virus can also produce flu-like symptoms, it does not spread from human to human very efficiently.
Faheem Younos, Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Maryland, said, Monkeypox will NOT turn into a Covid-like pandemic. Because, he said, its strain isn’t deadly, a virus isn’t airborne, the outbreak isn’t global, the outbreak is affecting MSM, the disease has a treatment+vaccine, and is not Covid.
He also said that the risk of lockdowns due to rising monkeypox cases is zero percent. The doctor also said that If Covid is like a snake bite, monkeypox is like bed bugs. Important and concerning, but not the same. Don’t fall for fear-mongering.
