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That is likely an error. The actual fatality of this monkeypox variant is close to 1%, or one in 100.
by vesinisa 4y ago
That is likely an error. The actual fatality of this monkeypox variant is close to 1%, or one in 100.
- saalweachter 4y agoAlso, all numbers you see for an emerging disease are likely case fatality rates; initial CFRs for COVID-19 were in the 10% range before tests were widespread.
- sudosysgen 4y agoMonkeypox is not an emerging disease. It's been infecting thousands of people a year for decades.
- croes 4y agoThe central african variant of monkeypox has a fatality rate of 10% in children under 16. The cases now are the western african variant with a fatality rate of 1% for children. Rates are also different with better health care.
- dwaltrip 4y agoThe article incorrectly reported that statistic? I’m just making sure I understand.
- DannyBee 4y agoYes. They are weasel wording it by saying "the illness has been fatal in up to 6% of infections". "the illness" here refers to a different variant of monkeypox than is currently being transmitted (or they are averaging the 1% fatal and 10% fatal variants). So it's the same illness only in the sense that both are monkeypox. They know all this, and are deliberately wording it this way so they can say it is more fatal than it is. Not that monkeypox is awesome, mind you, but the fact remains the current circulating variant is not the one that has been fatal in up to 6% of cases. (and also, that 6% is mostly children under 16. Again, not awesome, but the children dying in central africa to monkeypox, and children in the US/Europe/etc, have ... slightly different common health profiles )
- dwaltrip 4y agoThanks for clarifying, that is helpful.
- ChrisRR 4y agoHave you got a source for that?