Here’s Everything You Need To Know About The Monkeypox Outbreak

With anxiety, frustration, and “pandemic fatigue” remaining at high levels after two and a half years of watching COVID disrupt everything – from businesses to education to travel and much more – it is understandable that many people are worried that we are in the early stages of the next pandemic with the current monkeypox epidemic. Especially considering the regular headlines, the unusual name, and the recent World Health Organization (WHO) designation of monkeypox as a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC).

It doesn’t help that former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, who presided over the nation’s initial response to the COVID pandemic, recently induced some panic when he tweeted, “I hate to tell you all this, but #covid19 is still a pandemic, and now #monkeypox is too. And both are gonna get a LOT worse before they get better… just wait till schools – including colleges – reopen in a few weeks…” before later admitting that this is not actually the case.