U.S. News and World Report relates that "Spread of Deadlier Mpox Strain in Africa Has CDC Concerned." The article warns that "Mpox is spread through close personal contact" such as through sex, and that "[a]lthough anyone can get mpox, men who have sex with men are particularly at risk, and those who have HIV are more vulnerable to severe disease." "'In two outbreaks [in the DRC],'" the article continues, "'sexual transmission of clade I MPXV was reported among men-who-have-sex-with-men and both male and female sex workers and their contacts,' the researchers said." (brackets in original). In addition, the article relates that "two thirds (67%) of suspected cases and more than three quarters (78%) of suspected deaths have occurred in persons aged 15 years [or younger]." (brackets in original).
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Bible Chronology: Masoretic Text Versus Earlier Sources
The Old Testament in almost all modern Bibles are translations of the Masoretic Text: a copy of the Hebrew Old Testament that only dates bac...
Weird how this disappeared from the news when only gay people got it . . .
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