An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about 200 confirmed and suspected cases.

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    • TankieTanuki [he/him]16•2 years ago

      you can literally get smallpox from like century plus old scabs if they’re preserved well enough

      Has this actually happened or is it just theorized and portrayed in popular media like that episode of House?

        • TankieTanuki [he/him]12•2 years ago

          People used to insufflate fresh scabs to inoculate themselves (before the invention of the vaccine) because it would cause a mild infection.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation

        • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]10•2 years ago

          'google, search scabs infectious disease'

          google: heres 7 pages on how the rumor about biolabs in Ukraine is fake putler russian propaganda, slava ukranoid.

        • yellowparenti5 [none/use name]6•2 years ago

          hah, it's true since they strongly prioritized MSM websites and every google query leads to china bad

        • userse31 [he/him]5•2 years ago

          The new love of my life: yandex

          Type up obscure IC part numbers and theirs a good chance you'll get something.