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Jul 26, 2022

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This is Force of Infection, a newsletter from an epidemiologist on epidemics, pandemics and biosecurity.

Update: See my first post on the simple metrics needed to guide monkeypox containment.

Force of Infection
We need simple, transparent metrics to pursue monkeypox containment
We are two months into the monkeypox outbreak in the United States and the window for extinguishing transmission is closing. Monkeypox is, in theory, a containable disease. The virus produces distinctive symptoms and is spread through close and intimate contact, unlike SARS-CoV-2 which transmits easily through the air. However, if we do not move swiftly…
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