NorthernLights Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Move over Covid there is a new virus on the loose. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/18/monkeypox-alert-spain-men-show-symptoms Has anyone on P&B caught the pox before? Do you still have enough pasta and toilet roll left over from the Covid lockdowns for a pox lockdown? Will we need to wear masks? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) 55 minutes ago, NorthernLights said: Do you still have enough pasta and toilet roll left over from the Covid lockdowns for a pox lockdown? @welshbairn - you got enough bum tickets left to keep us right? Edit: Quote According to the UK Health Security Agency, all four of the most recent cases are men who identify as gay or bisexual or other men who have sex with men. Fascinating spectrum of shaggers, there. Edited May 18, 2022 by BFTD -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 At you at risk from monkeypox if you attend monkey tennis matches? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: At you at risk from monkeypox if you attend monkey tennis matches? Between relegation, monkeypox, and the constant threat of a George Galloway appearance, you have to feel for QoS. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Between relegation, monkeypox, and the constant threat of a George Galloway appearance, you have to feel for QoS.You forgot to mention we're surrounded by Tory voting farmers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: You forgot to mention we're surrounded by Tory voting farmers. The rest of the country really ought to start taking in refugees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 11 hours ago, oaksoft said: There's no cure apparently. They treat the symptoms only. And it has up to 10% fatality rate but usually sorts itself out in 2-4 weeks. Lovely. On the positive side, it's very hard to catch without close contact. Sexually transmitted. Many posters here have nothing to fear... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 13 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Sexually transmitted. Many posters here have nothing to fear... Unless it's caused by monkey spanking... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broon-loon Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 17 hours ago, oaksoft said: There's no cure apparently. They treat the symptoms only. And it has up to 10% fatality rate but usually sorts itself out in 2-4 weeks. Lovely. On the positive side, it's very hard to catch without close contact. There are vaccines and anti-virals: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON381 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 5 Stellas? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Ding, of course, is back to tweeting like it's going out of fashion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 19 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Ding, of course, is back to tweeting like it's going out of fashion. It's Christmas for this guy. Just as he was running out of steam, along comes something else he can mis-inform about and present utterly wrong statistics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Side effects of monkeypox include a sudden urge to skank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Authorities in the UK have warned that a new monkey pox virus that has infected nine people could mutate further and cause deaths. The virus, known also as monkeypox, is understood to be primarily infecting people who have not travelled from Western Africa. Signs of infection include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion. Cases have been reported in Canada, Spain and the UK among other countries. Is it time to stock up on those little surgical masks? Are we all completely fucked? Should I take the Tamiflu I stockpiled for bird flu? Have any P&Bers ever been part of a worldwide pandemic? Edited May 19, 2022 by Donathan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauzen Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 "Coronavirus" at least sounded like a proper name for a virus that could potentially wipe out humanity. "Monkey pox", nobody's going to take that seriously until it gets a better name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Donathan said: The virus, known also as monkeypox, is understood to be primarily infecting people who have not travelled from Western Africa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Donathan said: Authorities in the UK have warned that a new monkey pox virus that has infected nine people could mutate further and cause deaths. The virus, known also as monkeypox, is understood to be primarily infecting people who have not travelled from Western Africa. Signs of infection include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion. Cases have been reported in Canada, Spain and the UK among other countries. Is it time to stock up on those little surgical masks? Are we all completely fucked? Should I take the Tamiflu I stockpiled for bird flu? Have any P&Bers ever been part of a worldwide pandemic? This looks confusing. It has primarily affected people who have NOT travelled from Western Africa. This suggests that if I travel from Inverness to Dingwall directly then I am more at risk than if I did so via Timbuktu. Have I understood that wrong? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Just now, Fullerene said: Have I understood that wrong? It's a parody of the opening post from the Covid thread, however it is true that more of the cases in the UK have not recently travelled to west Africa than have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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