"The estimated minimum sizes of respiratory particles carrying MPXV, based on reported viral loads in respiratory fluids, are sufficiently small to generate viral aerosols."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00059-9/fulltext
Mpox is airborne. Useful thread from @jmcrookston:
@ScienceMagazine
"Most of these cases are in adolescents and adults, and transmission is primarily through sexual contact."
This is misinformation. Mpox is primary airborne like all the other orthopox viruses.
"Mpox transmits through close physical contact, including sexual contact, but unlike previous global pandemics such as COVID-19 there is no evidence it spreads easily through the air."
https://globalnews.ca/news/10708426/mpox-not-new-covid-19-pandemic-who/
Remember how it took the WHO 2 years to admit that SARSCoV2 spreads easily through the air, and 4 years to integrate this into any form of official guidance? (To be fair, it's not the WHO making this claim, it's Global News)
"MPXV in the air had increased considerably on Aug 8, with four (57%) of seven positive samples containing more than 100 genomes per m3, or even more than 1000 genomes per m3 in one case; this date coincided with the peak incidence of mpox in Spain. High viral loads in the air were detected in the dark room but also in bar areas, sometimes even at higher concentrations."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247%2823%2900104-0/fulltext
"The estimated minimum sizes of respiratory particles carrying MPXV, based on reported viral loads in respiratory fluids, are sufficiently small to generate viral aerosols."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00059-9/fulltext
"The estimated minimum sizes of respiratory particles carrying MPXV, based on reported viral loads in respiratory fluids, are sufficiently small to generate viral aerosols."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00059-9/fulltext
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