>> MONKEYPOX IS NOW A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THERE ARE NOW SEVERAL 1000 CASES HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES WITH
INFECTIONS ABOUT WITH MULTIPLE
FACTIONS IN ABOUT 40
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SOME
CASES HERE IN DUVAL COUNTY.
NOW, RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE OVER
5,000 CASES IN THE UNITED THAT
INCLUDES OVER 300 CASES IN
FLORIDA. AND MOST OF THESE
CASES ARE IN AND BISEXUAL MEN.
NOW WE’RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT
HOW THIS VIRUS SPREADS AND WHO
IS AT RISK. JOINING ME NOW TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IS SHOCK.
A LOT THIS IS THE SYSTEM
MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR
INSPECTIONS, DISEASE
SPECIALISTS. NOW DOCTOR KAY
WITH ALL OF THE CASES STARTING
TO COME HERE IN DUVAL COUNTY,
WHAT 2 PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
SURE. SO.
>> WHAT MONKEYPOX IS JUST VERY
BRIEFLY IS A RARE INFECTION
CAUSED BY THE VIRUS. MONKEYPOX
SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO
LOOK OUT FOR OUR RASH, FEVER,
MALAISE. AND WHEN THAD NOT
THAT GUY. SO THE CDC IS
TRACKING THIS OUTBREAK IN
FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE TOP
JURISDICTIONS REPORTING AND
NATIONALLY. SO IT’S SPREAD BY
CLOSE CONTACT TRANSMISSION.
AND SO WE ALL NEED TO KNOW
THAT IT’S OUT THERE AND THAT
WE SHOULD ALL BE WATCHING FOR
IT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE
SYMPTOMS FOR IT OR IF YOU’VE
BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WHO
HAS IT, YOU MAY BE CANDIDATE
FOR THE VACCINE OR FOR AN
ANTIVIRAL THAT WE
>> AND SPEAKING OF THE IS
THERE A PARTICULAR GROUP THAT
NEEDS TO GET THE VACCINE OR
SHOULD EVERYONE GET IT? SURE.
HOW DOES THE VACCINE WORK? SO
THE WAY THAT THIS VACCINE HAS
BEEN ROLLED OUT NATIONALLY IS
IN A FEES OR AT LEAST IN DUVAL
COUNTY WHERE PHASE ONE TO 3.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE
VACCINES THAT ARE LIMITED
SUPPLY IS THAT WE GET IT.
>> TO INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED IT
THE MOST. THAT’S HOW WE
PRIORITIZE. SO RIGHT NOW,
DUVAL COUNTY IS IN PHASE ONE,
WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO
ARE ELIGIBLE ARE LABORATORY OR
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO ARE
HIGH RISK FOR EXPOSURE, PEOPLE
WHO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
EXPOSED, MEN WHO HAVE WITH MEN
WITH HIV IMMUNOCOMPROMISED WHO
COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN
EXPOSED. OUR OTHER MEN WHO
HAVE WITH MEN WHO HAVE
RECENTLY HAD AN STD. SO HOW
DOES IT WORK? SO YOU HAVE TO
STILL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND YOUR
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. WELL,
THEN REFER YOU IF YOU’RE
APPROPRIATE TO THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. SO IF
YOU CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF
YOUR HEALTH YOURSELF, YOU’RE
LIKELY TO HEAR THAT. PLEASE GO
THROUGH YOUR PROVIDER AND HAVE
THEM MAKE THE PHONE CALL THAT
YOU NEED IT. AND SO THE GOAL
IS IT WILL GET SOMEWHERE TO
FEES 2 AND PHASE 3, WHICH
MEANS THAT EVEN MORE HIGH-RISK
INDIVIDUALS WILL GET IT. SO
PHASE 2 WILL BE MSM WITH HIV
WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK. YOU
HAVEN’T ALREADY GOT IT. AND
THEN HOPEFULLY PHASE 3 CAN BE
ALL AND ASKED THEM WHO ARE
AT-RISK MEN WHO AND WE KNOW AS
YOU JUST MENTIONED, THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT
MORE HIGH RISK THAN OTHERS.
BUT CAN ANYONE GET A?
>> THIS VIRUS? ANYONE CAN GET
THIS VIRUS. SO PREDOMINANTLY
IT HAS BEEN IN MEN WHO HAVE
WITH MEN AND AND BISEXUAL
TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS IN THE
UP 90TH PERCENTILE. THAT BEING
SAID ANYONE CAN GET THIS VIRUS
AND THE IDEA BE BEING DECLARED
A GLOBAL EMERGENCY IS THAT WE
NEED TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND WE
NEED TO STOP IT NOW BEFORE IT
BECOMES MORE COMMONPLACE AND
WE’VE BECOME USED TO HEARING
IT AND IT BECOMES A THING FOR
US HERE.
>> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS VIRUS
AND COVID-19? SURE.
>> SO COVID-19 IS EASILY
TRANSMISSIBLE IN THE AIR AND
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE EVERYONE
WEARING MASKS OR HAD EVERYONE
WEARING MASKS. NOW, THIS
DISEASE IS THROUGH CLOSE
CONTACTS. SO EITHER CONTACT
WITH AN INDIVIDUAL CONTACT
THEIR BED LINENS CLOSED 6
SATURDAY. SO IT DOES REQUIRE
SOME CLOSE CONTACT FOR
TRANSMISSION. SO IT’S NOT
NECESSARILY AIRBORNE. SO WE’RE
NOT TELLING EVERYONE TO WEAR A
MASK NECESSARILY, BUT TO STAY
VIGILANT AND TO KNOW THAT IT’S
OUT THERE AND THAT PEOPLE
COULD BE SICK AND HAVE IT. AND
CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT
COMES TO STATES F X PRACTICES,
THAT’S KEY, YOU KNOW, LIMITING
THE NUMBER OF PARTNERS RIGHT
NOW FOR MSM. THOSE ARE MORE
TARGETED MESSAGES THAT WE’RE
TRYING TO GET OUT SO SOME OF
THE BEST WAYS TO PREVENT THIS
IS KIND OF BE AWARE OF YOUR
SURROUNDINGS AND ALSO GET
>> GET VACCINATED IF IT’S
APPROPRIATE FOR YOU. NOT
EVERYONE NEEDS THE VACCINE. SO
ONLY THESE TARGETED GROUPS.
AND SO IF YOU’RE PART OF THAT
GROUP.
>>CORLEY PEEL: PLEASE BE
VIGILANT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF AND PLEASE REACH OUT
TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IF
YOU THINK YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED
OR COULD HAVE MONKEYPOX.
THANK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DOCTOR. THAT INFORMATION WAS
SO INSIGHTFUL AND IS MUCH
NEEDED BECAUSE I KNOW SO MANY
PEOPLE HAVE.