We need simple, transparent metrics to pursue monkeypox containment

What gets measured gets managed

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…