The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday scrubbed a recommendation that air travelers wear masks to protect against monkeypox, just days after posting the guidance on its website.
Monkeypox is a rare disease from the same viral family as smallpox, and has infected 31 people in the United States as of June 6th, mostly via sexual contact with an infected person. The CDC has suggested in an alert that the threat posed to the general population is “low” but has elevated the threat level from the virus to “Alert – Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions,” one step below an advisory to avoid non-essential travel.
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