right now. pride celebrations and as we are starting to see that this monkeypox virus is been more contagious and amongst homosexual men with sexual transmission. it s a make or break moment in my opinion for the united states to see where we are going as it relates to cases. the good news monkeypox is nothing like sars cove to which can cause covid-19. it s not nearly as highly as transmissible and it seems to be more sexually transmitted. we have treatments and vaccines, the key is education and making sure people know if they have sti or sexually-transmitted illness, go see your doctor and maybe you should not take part in the festivities. his noxious monkeypox that were seeing cases up with the celebrations, we are having a race cases of meningitis and even covid. if you re sick, stay home. can we stick with that and move forward as a nation. sounds great. that will work for me.
Dr. David Heymann, former World Health Organization (WHO) emergencies department head, revealed that the current monkypox outbreak was traced back to two LGBT festivals in Europe. "We know [.]
ainsley: sounds like is he walking it back. first he said this should be something we are all concerned about but then the second day, the next day when he was asked by the reporter he says he doesn t think we need to be too concerned about it what s the truth? what do you know? probably the experts got to him and told him don t put the country on high alert. if i were advising the president i would say look, it s basically impossible for the monkey pox virus to cause a pandemic. it s not highly contagious. the transmission is inefficient. requires very close contact for prolonged period of time with somebody who is sick. it doesn t spread during the incubation period or the period where you feel good. that s succinct from other viruses naming covid-19. ainsley: is it affecting a certain population, a certain group. there have been two outbreaks in europe that have been suggested to occur gay community in sexual transmission believed to be one of the mechanisms. but it s unknow
and i serve my country and i stand by that more today than i ever did. thank you for answering our questions. another 36 monkeypox cases have been detected in the uk, taking the total here to 56. all the new infections are in england. another 85 cases have been identified in eight eu countries. dr david heymann, who chairs an expert group at the who, described the outbreak in europe as a random event and of low risk to the wider public. it s thought the virus that might have been spread by sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men, at two raves in spain and belgium. thank you forjoining us. 57 cases here in the uk, given that there is an incubation period of two weeks for monkeypox to be presumed that there are many more people infected?