information. doc, how worried should we be? i don t think we should be worried. for now according to cdc it was found in africa, usually in south africa, central africa and usually endemic in this part of the country. we re seeing sporadic outbreaks, we think there are mutations involved. it is human behavior, surrounding environment? this virus jump friday animal to human and seeing this human to human transmission from open wound, skin to skin contacts, bodily fluid, coughing, sneezing, patients have swollen lymph nodes. they get a rash on their face and it spreads. i don t think we should be worried. todd: how deadly is this?
know about monkeybox and what we ve been hearing, the data is reassuring. the way that it s spread is by bodily fluid, respiratory droplets. and it is a version of smallpox. however, right now, based on the surveillance data, it s not spreading as quickly as for example covid is. we know that many people will not be infected. and it s not especially contagious. that s what we know right now. it s reassuring. we obviously need to have further surveillance on monkeypox. if people are having symptoms, fever, fatigue, rash, go see your medical professionals. so there is no, i guess, vaccine for monkeypox, is there? right. there s no vaccine. we know that we have a smallpox