The first case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in Canyon County.

Southwest District Health announced Tuesday that the case was detected in mid-November in a male Canyon County resident.

  • @Burn_The_Right
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    501 year ago

    And since we know conservatives are plague rats who refuse to do a goddamned thing to prevent the spread of a disease, we can expect Idahoans to do everything in their power to share it with Washington and Oregon.

    Conservatives are the real plague… Long overdue for a cure.

    • @Ejh3k
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      Removed by mod

  • @Chickenstalker
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    >mpox

    If they had to rename it from monkey pox, why not go full scientific like COVID-19 (SARS CoV-2)? Mpox sounds like a post-ironic fedora core punk band.

    • @SalamendaciousOP
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      181 year ago

      Mpox is not a great name. The virus is called the monkey pox virus so that’s no good but the virus is also called MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV and those are okay. I think we should go with simian plague.

      • @SweatyFireBalls
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        31 year ago

        Ah man, I feel like I’m coming down with a video format

      • Chaotic Entropy
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        Simian Plague sounds like either a description of Planet of the Apes or a metal band.

    • @Madison420
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      141 year ago

      Sounds like a Vulcan name Spock , tuvoc, tpal, mpox.

    • @A_A
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      81 year ago

      Because they want to prepare us gradually : you see, it began with SmallPox (spox), now mpox … later it will be BigPox and then HugePox !

  • @A_A
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    The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus,[a] a zoonotic virus in the genus Orthopoxvirus. The variola virus, the causative agent of the disease smallpox, is also in this genus. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with infected skin or body fluids, including sexual contact.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox

    • @Burn_The_Right
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      81 year ago

      including sexual contact

      I mean, are we at risk of anyone at all fucking someone from Idaho? It’s the world capital of potato-brained conservatives. No one on earth wants any of that gravy.

      • @The_v
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        261 year ago

        The Mormon church is currently joining a long list of other religions taking advantage of people in Africa. The source likely some teenager coming back from their “mission” early.

        They send home a steady stream of missionaries for fucking everything that moves. They even have a standard procedure of covering up the illegal assaults they do.

        • @Burn_The_Right
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          11 year ago

          Yes, fair enough. I hereby amend my statement to exclude the normal minority. If you can read this message, you are surrounded by conservatives. Run!