By Karl JohnsonHistory has taught us how to effectively respond to an infectious disease outbreak – but we must work together and act fast.
For many of us, this feels familiar. We are watching the exponential growth of an infectious outbreak overseas while having more mild impacts here at home, yet that might likely change.
Much like the early days of the COVID-19 and HIV pandemics, our local situation lags behind what we see in places like the United States and Europe.
Nature has again gifted Australia with a heads up. Of course, I am referring to MPXV, commonly referred to as monkeypox. MPXV is a viral illness that has been endemic (meaning sustained in a local population over time) to Central and West Africa since at least the 1970s.
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