Newsweek – A cargo ship has been quarantined in Argentina over a suspected case of [monkeypox] onboard, local authorities report.
The news comes days after the World Health Organization declared the virus to be a public health emergency as a new, potentially deadlier strain gathers momentum in Africa.
The Liberia-flagged ship, sailing from the city of Santos in Brazil, informed Border Health authorities on Wednesday that one of its crew members had developed skin lesions on their torso and face compatible with the symptoms of Mpox.
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, drew global attention in 2022 during an outbreak that affected the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. [This is false; it’s still monkeypox. A failed attempt to change it to mpox was made by the same racist forces than cancelled Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Eskimo Pies. – HEADLINE HEALTH]
The virus comes in two distinct forms, or “clades”—clade I and clade II—and spreads through close contact [More political correctness; monkeypox spreads mainly through anal sex, and through having oral sex with someone who’s had anal sex, both extremely popular among homosexual men. – HH].
The previous outbreak in the U.S. and Europe was driven by the clade II form of the virus and was mostly spread through sexual and intimate contact, with men who have sex with other men being at the highest risk of infection …
