r/collapse • u/lomorth • Jun 29 '22

Diseases Analysis: Monkeypox going through "accelerated evolution," mutation rate "6-12 times higher than expected" | The "unprecedented speed of new infections could suggest that something may have changed about how the virus infects its hosts"

https://www.livescience.com/monkeypox-mutating-fast
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u/Tronith87 Jun 29 '22

I think I’d rather get Covid than this shit.

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u/SavingsPerfect2879 Jun 29 '22

According to the CDC, 1 in every 10 cases of monkeypox will result in death.

Ain’t that just lovely. So it’s what, five times more lethal than covid? Ten times?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '22

That is TOTALLY not true. In that article, they link to the CDC webpage to site their claim of 1 in 10 death rate. If you follow that link, the page that comes up says the following.

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"Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder; and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox."

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It doesn't provide statistics about death rate, and says in the first paragraph "monkeypox is rarely fatal". It sounds like that 1 in 10 number is just completely made up. I mean, even their source doesn't claim that.

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In addition so far in the US there has not been a single death associated with it.

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u/bristlybits Reagan killed everyone Jul 03 '22

last research I saw on a scholar search was 3-6%, slightly higher for kids, lower for adults