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According to the CDC: > Infections with the type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak—the West African type—are rarely fatal. Over 99% of people who
by yosito 4y ago
According to the CDC:
> Infections with the type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak—the West African type—are rarely fatal. Over 99% of people who get this form of the disease are likely to survive.
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/faq.html
- IAmNotACellist 4y ago>Over 99% of people who get this form of the disease are likely to survive. So it has an IFR two orders of magnitude higher than COVID-19 in young people.