Dallas resident has Texas’ first-ever case of monkeypox, but it’s ‘not a reason for alarm’
A Dallas resident has been diagnosed with monkeypox, the first case of the virus ever reported in a human in Texas, officials said Friday. But they stressed that the risk posed to the general public was very low.
The patient flew to Dallas Love Field from Atlanta on July 9 after arriving in the country earlier that day on a flight from Lagos, Nigeria, officials said
July 9 after arriving in the country earlier that day on a flight from Lagos, Nigeria, officials said.
Heath officials said the patient, whose identity was not released, was in isolation at a Dallas hospital and was stable. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was working with its counterparts in Nigeria to determine how the patient contracted the virus.
According to Dr. Philip Huang, Dallas County’s public health director, the patient went to the hospital Tuesday, four days after arriving in Dallas. Local health officials did preliminary tests, and the CDC confirmed the diagnosis of monkeypox on Thursday.
State, local and federal health officials, along with the airline, were working to identify people who may have had close contact with the passenger during the flights — but they expect the number of potential contacts to be low.
Those close contacts will be monitored for 21 days, receiving twice-daily calls from health officials checking on whether they have developed any symptoms.
Officials noted that because travelers are required to wear masks on flights and in airports to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the potential for the transmission of monkeypox was diminished.
“With everyone wearing masks … that really reduced any risk in those settings,” Huang said.
‘Not a reason for alarm’
Local officials said that the lone case of monkeypox posed little risk to the public at large.
the the biteme regime has been using the military to fly hoards of illegals all over the country
The Latin word pestilentia comes to mind
who else comes to mind?
Herodotus
pestilence is said to walk in darkness
on account of its sudden onset out of obscurity
not associated with any apparent cause.
thinking Herodotus would change his mind about
” no apparent cause”
if he seen this bunch in D.C
looking at the lake
some idea’s you may want to try
remember when THEY said alcohol kills the China cough
then THEY said heat may kill the China crud
then THEY said direct sunlight will kill the bat soup flu
well when the biteme goons show up try this
get drunk, lay around your yard naked minding your own damn business
tell’em
you are conducting medical experiments
ohh and have some some playing