>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THE CDC IS WARNING TRAVELERS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS IT CONTINUES TO
MONITOR AN OUTBREAK OF
MONKEYPOX, WHICH IS A VIRAL
INFECTION THAT IS SPREAD TO 16
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE
UNITED STATES. IN FACT, THERE
ARE 2 PRESUMPTIVE CASES HERE
IN FLORIDA, SPECIFICALLY IN
BROWARD COUNTY. DOCTOR CARR,
TAKE CHAIR OF BOOTY IS AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS
JOINING US VIA ZOOM. GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
>> THEY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
HAVING. YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL
OF US HERE VIRUS AND WE
IMMEDIATELY START WORRYING
ABOUT PANDEMIC. AND AS WE
THINK ABOUT COVID-19 AND HOW
MUCH IT HAS CHANGED OUR LIVES
OVER THE LAST 2 AND A HALF
YEARS.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WOULD YOU
EXPLAIN IN THE CONTEXT OF
SOMETHING LIKE COVID-19? WHAT
IS MONKEYPOX AND HOW DOES IT
SPREAD?
>> I THINK NUMBER ONE
MONKEYPOX IS A OR DISEASE.
IT’S BEEN ON FOR YEARS AND
YEARS. IT’S WE’VE HAD
OUTBREAKS OF THIS IN MANY
COUNTRIES. WE’VE HAD ONE
OUTBREAK IN THE UNITED STATES
LINKED TO BEAD ON BEING
POSITIVE FOR MONKEYPOX. SO
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING
THAT’S NUMBER ONE, THAT THIS
IS NOT DISEASE THAT WE DON’T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. WE KNOW
ABOUT THIS. WHAT’S DIFFERENT
THIS TIME IS WE ARE SEEING
CASES NEWARK ASSOCIATED WITH
TRAVEL TO THESE COUNTRIES. SO
THAT’S IS NEW COUNTRIES LIKE
THE UK U.S., YOU KNOW, CAN
COUNTRIES DIDN’T HAVE
TRANSMISSION WITHIN THIS.
THINK SO THAT THAT’S NEW. BUT
AGAIN, THIS DOESN’T REQUIRE
YOU RUN OUT TO GET THE VACCINE
DOESN’T EQUATE TO GO AND STOCK
UP ON MEDICATION. ALMOST ALL
OF THE CASES HAVE SO FOR THIS
REQUIRED ADDITIONAL VACCINES
OR TREATMENTS. PEOPLE CARD IS
IMPROVED ON THEIR OWN.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE I’VE BEEN
READING A LOT ON THIS BECAUSE,
OF COURSE, WE ALL WORRY
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AND WE
INITIALLY HEARD THAT AT THIS
POINT, MOST OF THE CASES HAVE
INVOLVED MEMBERS OF THE
BISEXUAL AND COMMUNITY. DOES
THAT MEAN THAT IT’S ONLY
CERTAIN GROUPS THAT NEED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS OR DO WE
ALL AS AS THE PUBLIC NEED TO
BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS VIRUS?
>> YOU’RE RIGHT IN THE
MAJORITY HAS BEEN IN THE GAME,
BISEXUAL COMMUNITY, BUT NOT
ALL OF THEM. AND BECAUSE THIS
IS A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE
SKIN
>> ANYONE CAN GET IT. AND WE
ALL NEED TO BE AWARE TO FIT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY BEING
AWARE, NOT BY THINKING, AS WE
TALKED ABOUT, KNOWING THAT
PRESIDENT IS SMALL FLUID
LISTERS, ALMOST LIKE WHAT YOU
SEE WITH SHINGLES AND
CHICKENPOX. THEY’RE SEEING
USUALLY IN THE HANDS IN THE
FACE. WHAT WE’VE SEEN WITH
THIS OUTBREAK IS THAT THEY’RE
PRESENT MODE IN THE GENITAL
REGION. BUT ANY PART OF YOUR
BODY COULD BE IN LARD. IF YOU
SEE THESE LESIONS CONTACT,
YOUR COMMISSION AND ALL AND
ARE CONTACTED DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT RIGHT?
THIS COULD BE SENT OUT FROM
DEPARTMENT FOR THE CDC TO THE
DIAGNOSIS AND WANT TO REMIND
OUR VIEWERS HOW MONKEY POX IS
SPREAD.
>> COUNTRIES WHERE THIS IS
COMMON, THAT IT’S SPREAD FROM
ANIMALS TO HUMANS COMMONLY AND
THEN FROM HUMANS TO HUMANS
THAT THEY’RE NOT ON IT. BUT TO
ME AND IN SOME OF THESE
COUNTRIES OUTBREAKS HAPPENED
CAN BE FROM THAT. IT’S 50
PRACTIVE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
PRESENT WITH FLU-LIKE IN COUGH
IN THE SKIN LESIONS. SO YOU
CAN SPEND IT BY TOOK OFF. AND
TO CONTACT WITH THESE
CONDITIONS BECAUSE THE PHONE
US TO CLOSE WHEN THEY BREAK
OPEN THAT THIS JUDGE, IF
YOU’RE ADDICT CONTACT WITH THE
SKIN OF THE CHEST TO DISCHARGE
OUR OF SOMEONE SLEPT IN THE
SAME BED AND THEN YOU SEE
THERE YOU CAN STILL GET IT SO
YOU CAN BE CONTACT 2 BETTER
SKIN TO SKIN PROLONGED
CONTACT. OUR LOT PROLONGED
GOING BACK WITH FULL MIGHT
SUCH AS BED SHEETS AND OTHERS
AND THE SMALLER CONFIDENTLY
SEEING IN THIS TOPIC TO THE
DISTRICT TO TRACK. SO IT’S
PREDOMINANTLY CONTACT AND
PROLONGED PARK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND I THINK
THAT’S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
ALSO TO TO MENTION IS IT’S
IT’S IT’S IT’S NOT AS AS IT’S
NOT SPREAD AS QUICKLY THROUGH
THE AIR, CORRECT? I MEAN, THIS
REQUIRES CLOSE CONTACT WITH
SOMEONE WHO’S INFECTED.
>> YES, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT. AND IT’S NOT
TRADITIONALLY THE WAY AN STD
SPREADS IT 6 CAN BE PROLONGED
CONTACT AND THAT’S HOW STOP
THE SPREAD IS THE LESIONS ON
THAT IN REGION THE POTS, THE
SKIN. AND NOT AS MUCH TO THE
ATTIC. YOU SAID SO IT CAN BE
EXPLOSIVE SPREAD. BUT WE ARE
ONE OTHER BIT OF GOOD BECAUSE
IT’S BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE THE
SMALLPOX VACCINE IS BEING
STOPPED SINCE 1972. SO THOSE
GOING OFF HER HUSBAND RECEIVED
THE VACCINE. SO WE’RE IN A
LOGICALLY NAME TO A CAUSE AND
WE HAVE NOT HAD EXPOSURE LEAD
THE MONKEYPOX OF THE SMALLPOX
VACCINE AND THOSE WHO ARE GONE
HAD THE VACCINE IN THE 50’S
AND EARLY 60’S THERE. THAT
IMMUNITY COMES ON A LITTLE
THICK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO WE ARE
OUR DOCTOR AND ASKING FOR
WHETHER OR NOT THERE’S A, YOU
KNOW, TO WHETHER OR NOT WE
NEED TO BE VACCINATED FOR
MONKEYPOX SINCE THERE IS A
VACCINE FOR IT.
>> GREAT QUESTION. BECAUSE AT
THIS TIME, REALLY THIS SPREAD
IS REALLY SLOW, LIKE YOU
REQUESTS ALONG CONTACT THE
ORDER. SMALLPOX VACCINE DOES
HAVE SOME SIDE EFFECTS. AND
THIS TIME WE’RE FACING IS BE
AWARE BECAUSE EARLY, LIMITED.
SO GET KIDS ARE REALLY PREVENT
ITS SPREAD AND TO GET THE BEST
CARE FOR YOU. WE’RE GOING TO
BE CALLING YOUR PHYSICIAN’S
OFFICE FOR A VACCINE.