Summary
A school in Rösrath, Germany, temporarily closed after two children from the same family tested positive for the mpox clade 1b variant.
The children, who attend a special needs school, contracted the virus from a family member who recently traveled to Africa.
All infected family members are in quarantine, and online lessons will run until Friday as a precaution.
The Robert Koch Institute confirmed the virus poses low contagion risk, requiring close physical contact for transmission. The infections are mild, and no additional cases or deaths have been reported in Germany.
Although I’m definitely too lazy to get a shot, I think it’s good to get those. I don’t think it’s excessive, it’s called modern health science.
It’s called ignoring STIKO recommendations. If they don’t recommend a particular immunisation for a particular collection of people then because they think that the overall risk of the vaccine is larger than the benefits it would bring. According to modern health science.
Yes, lots of idiot anti-vaxers ignored epidemiologists during the pandemic. Don’t now turn around and ignore epidemiologists to stick it to the idiots.