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Monkeypox virus

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  • #572
    aidanodr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,850 ✭✭✭aidanodr


    With regard MPOX it looks like we are all good here so:

    "Ireland has “sufficient” supplies of mpox vaccine to deal outbreaks of the disease in the State in the coming months, the infectious diseases watchdog has said, with the risk for the country being deemed as low by health officials."

    https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2024/08/16/sufficient-supplies-of-mpox-vaccine-for-state-to-counter-risk-deemed-low-by-health-officials/



  • #573
    thereiver
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭thereiver


    I read mpox has been spreafing in Africa for years .my question is why has no action been taken by the UN or some other international body Did we learn nothing from the pandemic .To stop a virus the majority of the population had to be vaccinated .We spend billions on nuclear weapons it's going to cost billions maybe to stop the virus spreading to eu country s and around the world .The UN could have given out free vaccines to every person in Africa

    IImagine If mpox was widespread in Scotland i.d say there would be a widespread vaccination program in the UK

    Mpox could be more serious than COVID if it spreads around the world .

    I understand many African are not well developed They have only the most basic health services in most countries which don't have the resources to produce vaccines and give them to most people

    Some governments are corrupt and it's not simply a matter of giving them money or sending vaccines

    Even in Ireland there are many people that never got vaccinated due to misinformation or conspiracy theories like COVID is just.a government conspiracy to gain more control of the population

    It would require a international taskforce to go to Africa and setup medical program to give our vaccines to millions of people

    This probably won't happen so the future is mpox will spread around the world to every country unless some borders are shutdown

    1000s of African people travel to the eu every month as tourists or to find work

    Will there be some type of screening program setup in UK Irish airports eg if you can't prove that you have been vaccinated for mpox you can't get off the plane

    I know the eu only has about 200k mpox vaccines right now

    Meanwhile COVID is still spreading most people have stopped wearing masks people in concerts are getting COVID

    2 people in the eu have already got Mpox

    …



  • #574
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122516278#Comment_122516278

    Yeah let’s not over exaggerate the threat- but it’s still a horrible and in some cases lethal disease - I wonder if restrictions and isolation procedures will kick in coming from African countries? Its certainly a possibility if anyone is planning a trip there - now is the time to do it to try and hit this on the head



  • #575
    Redacted Circular
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭Redacted Circular


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122514756#Comment_122514756

    Monkeypox never went away. The media stopped reporting on it once the public began to nootice certain things.



  • #576
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,508 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122516711#Comment_122516711

    It will disappear again as soon as the Dail returns. Probably sooner. It's a non story. We love a good virus these days. Measles was another one recently.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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  • #577
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,342 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    ...

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058245827/monkeypox-virus



  • #578
    thereiver
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭thereiver


    maybe there could be some screening at airports in africa ,eg you cannot buy a plane ticket to a eu country unless you have proof of mpox vaccination ,like you need a passport to get on a plane to travel to the eu in theory. Or is this too much to expect, theres very little coverage of covid 19 in the media at the moment as the media do not find it interesting



  • #579
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,371 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122517799#Comment_122517799

    I dont think theres enough vaccines to cover that. They are being kept in reserve for breakout areas. Open to correction but I dont think theres any large scale preventative programmes from what Ive read.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #580
    thereiver
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭thereiver


    Imagine if we could go back 5 years , covid 19 was just spreading in africa, would we have any realistic way of stopping it spreading to every country in the world, many governments in africa are corrupt ,they dont really have basic services to vacccinate children never mind millions of people in different countrys with different governments and levels of medical services .And of course theres illegal migration, 100,s of people arrive in the uk every month by boat .



  • #581
    aidanodr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,850 ✭✭✭aidanodr


    Meanwhile ... havent seen this x account posting since 22or so when in thick of covid

    https://twitter.com/BNOFeed/status/1825350527950922042



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  • #582
    fun loving criminal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭fun loving criminal


    According to the UK this Clade 1 monkeypox is airborne which is not good with schools about to open back up.

    Screenshot_2024-08-19-03-06-06-628_com.android.chrome.jpg



  • #583
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,166 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    Here we go again…

    photo_2024-08-19_14-27-24.jpg



  • #584
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519709#Comment_122519709

    Congrats on finding a meme on Twitter and thinking it's genius... But it just sounds a bit like pushing conspiracy theories.



  • #585
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,166 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519850#Comment_122519850

    There is no twitter you need to update your standard replies.



  • #586
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519896#Comment_122519896

    Have you any evidence that mpox is a fiscal scam? You realise we've had many such outbreaks pre COVID pandemics. So the edgy meme to push a conspiracy theory just comes across as silly.



  • #587
    Yvonne007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭Yvonne007


    So Nigeria is rife with Monkeypox…

    The Irish times:

    "Currently there are 31,473 people seeking international protection in Ireland.

    This year’s figures are driven by a fourfold increase in people from Nigeria seeking asylum. Last year 764 Nigerians tried to claim asylum in the first six months; this year the figure is 2,999. Nigeria accounts for almost 30 per cent of all asylum seekers to the State this year, by far the greatest number from a single country."

    This will end well



  • #588
    gw80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭gw80


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519921#Comment_122519921

    Yep, and Ireland will end up with the highest rate of monkey pox in Europe and the link will just be ignored,

    The government never stopped busing migrants in through out the covid "lock down" they are not going to stop when there is no lowdown.



  • #589
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519990#Comment_122519990

    If you're saying this is to maximize big pharma profits or stocks then ya, you're absolutely pushing a conspiracy theory. This sounds more like a repeat of COVID conspiracy theories.

    We've had multiple pandemics since COVID btw, None of these are a conspiracy theory to maximise pharma profits. Have you any evidence that pandemics are being defined by pharma companies ?



  • #590
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,166 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520112#Comment_122520112

    So far only you are pushing some conspiracy theories and trying to attribute them to me. Good luck with that.

    While they may occupy some prominent spot in your mind please do not engage in "if you are saying" or "if you are thinking" projections.



  • #591
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520189#Comment_122520189

    People can judge the below.

    Or that a pandemic isn’t even needed anymore, WHO declares an emergency, big pharma gets taxpayer funds for a zillion doses of vaccines. A ton of profits are made. Stock goes up. No one else even has to be involved. On to the next emergency.



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  • #592
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,166 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520319#Comment_122520319

    You need to try harder. That is not a conspiracy theory but summary of what is happening right now.



  • #593
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,508 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520076#Comment_122520076

    Wow Covid really did a mind melt on some of you folks.

    Mpox will be utterly irrelevant to 99.9999999999% of people in Ireland. It was a non story before and will be a non story again. The numbers are miniscule.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #594
    thereiver
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭thereiver


    Someone has to make vaccines the point is some African county's are badly governed and have only basic health care the don't have the infrastructure to vaccinate millions of people

    Will there any eu screening of migrants for mpox or other disease will there be any program to vaccinate migrants

    I see no discussion of this in the media the UN is the only organisation that can coordinate major vaccination programs across Africa

    Due to bad weather failing crops 20 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa there are always Africans going to Europe to make a new life

    Will medical staff be trained to deal with migrants and stop the spread of mpox across Europe



  • #595
    CookingGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭CookingGuy


    This blame game stuff is terrible, the idea people can be responsible for things isn't ok and is a bad look.



  • #596
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,342 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519709#Comment_122519709

    Who's and edgy monkey?

    Oo arr



  • #597
    OnTheCorner
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭OnTheCorner


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518122#Comment_122518122

    so what do you suggest we do?



  • #598
    gw80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭gw80


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520417#Comment_122520417

    How did you get that idea from my post?

    Weather Mpox becomes a thing or not, my point was that the government will not stop taking people in from all parts of the world,

    They didn't when there was a full on pandemic,they wont do it for this disease,



  • #599
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,508 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122522182#Comment_122522182

    So what? You want to stop international travel now? Or do you want to make this a thread about immigration?

    It's a non story.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #600
    gw80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭gw80


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122522301#Comment_122522301

    What are you on about?

    A poster or posters have suggested stopping international travel from these countries because of Mpox, I am saying that they didn't stop it for covid at the height of the pandemic so they are not going to do it for Mpox,

    I am not suggesting to stop international travel,

    I couldn't care less about Mpox.

    Is that clear for you now,?



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