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Monkeypox can transmit through non-sexual means, but it transmits poorly enough amongst humans that way that those routes of transmission cannot explain the cur
by makomk 4y ago
Monkeypox can transmit through non-sexual means, but it transmits poorly enough amongst humans that way that those routes of transmission cannot explain the current outbreak. I think there's other hints that this is the cause too, such as the actual sites of the infection and most of the spread so far being amongst the more sexually promiscuous parts of the gay male community...
This is even kind of hinted at in the article. The symptoms people are presenting with are different from classic monkeypox outbreaks, and as far as anyone can tell the actual disease hasn't changed and this is all due to the route of transmission.
- foldr 4y ago> but it transmits poorly enough amongst humans that way that those routes of transmission cannot explain the current outbreak. Previous Monkeypox outbreaks have not been linked primarily to sexual transmission. It may be that the initial cluster of the current outbreak is caused by people meeting up for sex (although really, who knows?), but given what we already know about the disease, it would be unwise to jump to the conclusion that sex itself is necessary for efficient transmission. If there's really a consensus among experts that sexual transmission (rather than just transmission via contact during sex) is playing a key role here, then by all means reference this. I've been unable to find anything of the sort. >most of the spread so far being amongst the more sexually promiscuous parts of the gay male community... Here you're moving away from informed speculation (which is already unwise at this early stage, in my opinion) and simply repeating sensationalist nonsense from less reputable sections of the news media. There is absolutely no reliable data on how 'promiscuous' the people who have been infected so far are.