The World Health Organization (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/world-health-organization">WHO</a>) has told people not to attack monkeys as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/monkeypox">monkeypox</a> spreads around the world. 
WHO’s statement comes after reports from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brazil">Brazil</a> revealed that seven monkeys had been killed there in recent days, possibly linked to reactions to the spread of monkeypox, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/who-warns-do-not-attack-monkeys-monkeypox-rcna42433">according</a> to NBC News. A Brazilian outlet reported that 10 monkeys appeared to be poisoned or otherwise harmed. 
“What people need to know is that the transmission we are seeing is happening between humans,&#8221; said WHO spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris. 
Dener Giovanini, the coordinator of a group that combats the trafficking of animals, said the name for the disease had led some in Brazil to believe that monkeys were causing the outbreak. 
&#8220;The name chosen for this new disease is very unfortunate. Many people in Brazil believe that monkeys carry the disease and are persecuting these animals,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are very concerned because this represents a huge threat to wild animals in Brazil, which are already very endangered.&#8221;
Brazil’s Environmental Military Police also suspect that the killings were motivated by the fear that monkeys spread the disease. 
While monkeypox is not spread exclusively through sex, studies have<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/monkeypox-driven-overwhelmingly-sex-men-major-study-finds-rcna39564"> shown</a> that the disease has primarily been transmitted by men who have sex with men. Some health experts <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/monkeypox-outbreak-likely-spread-by-sex-at-2-raves-in-europe-says-who-expert">believe</a> the first outbreaks were among gay and bisexual men who attended raves in Europe. 
According to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> (CDC), monkeypox can spread through skin-to-skin contact that often happens through hugging, kissing, extended face-to-face contact, and sexual intercourse.
The WHO said people should not be concerned about monkeys spreading the disease but instead look to crack down on the spread among humans. 
&#8220;The concern should be about where it&#8217;s transmitting in the human population and what humans can do to protect themselves from getting it and transmitting it,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;They should certainly not be attacking any animals.&#8221;
Last month, WHO leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/monkeypox-declared-global-health-emergency-by-world-health-organization">directed</a> the organization to declare monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern,” despite a lack of consensus from the body on the declaration. 
The disease joined COVID and polio as the other diseases designated as international emergencies by the global health organization. 
“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria,” Tedros <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/23/health/monkeypox-pandemic-who.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur">told</a> the press at the time.

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With anxiety, frustration, and “<a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/335820/WHO-EURO-2020-1160-40906-55390-eng.pdf">pandemic fatigue</a>” remaining at high levels after two and a half years of watching COVID disrupt everything &#8211; from businesses to education to travel and much more &#8211; 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 <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/07/1122982">headlines</a>, the unusual name, and the recent World Health Organization (WHO) <a href="https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-statement-on-the-press-conference-following-IHR-emergency-committee-regarding-the-multi--country-outbreak-of-monkeypox--23-july-2022">designation</a> 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 <a href="https://twitter.com/jeromeadamsmd/status/1547766121599684608?s=21&amp;t=81k9ONqhZjXo_JyUOM3sDw">tweeted</a>, “I hate to tell you all this, but <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/covid19?src=hashtag_click">#covid19</a> is still a pandemic, and now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/monkeypox?src=hashtag_click">#monkeypox</a> is too. And both are gonna get a LOT worse before they get better… just wait till schools &#8211; including colleges &#8211; reopen in a few weeks…” before <a href="https://www.wishtv.com/news/medical/dr-jerome-adams-discusses-latest-development-on-monkeypox/">later admitting</a> that this is not actually the case.
Given how new and unexpected the monkeypox outbreak is, we all have many questions: Is there any justification to panic over the monkeypox outbreak? Is monkeypox the next COVID? Will it lead to thousands or millions of deaths? Will there be any need to impose mandates or restrictions on most of society to control the epidemic? Who is at risk? How do we control it?
To understand the answers to these questions, it is necessary to understand what monkeypox is as well as what it is not. Monkeypox is a member of <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0891552019300170?via%3Dihub">the pox family of viruses</a>, which includes the now-eradicated smallpox as well as the vaccinia or cowpox virus, which would confer immunity to smallpox to those it infected. Since it was first <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypox">discovered in humans in 1970</a>, over 50 years ago, monkeypox has been largely confined to West Africa, where humans interact closely with non-human animal reservoirs of the virus (which, incidentally, tend to be rodents, not monkeys). The monkeypox virus is known to spread from one human to another via prolonged skin-to-skin or other intimate contact. Unlike SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, it is not a respiratory pathogen, which means monkeypox is not thought to spread via inhalation of the same air or respiratory droplets that are released during a sneeze or cough.
After a five to 21-day incubation period, an illness typically lasting between <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypox">two and five weeks</a> may begin. Initially, monkeypox-infected individuals develop flu-like <a href="https://clark.wa.gov/public-health/public-health-investigating-first-confirmed-case-monkeypox-virus-infection#:~:text=Monkeypox%20illness%20often%20begins%20with,%2C%20arms%2C%20legs%20and%20hands.">symptoms</a>, including: muscle aches, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue. These early symptoms are then shortly followed by a rash resembling chickenpox, which typically originates in the face and eventually spreads outward to the hands and feet. While mortality has historically been low with monkeypox, at around <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypox">three to six percent of cases</a> (and with young adults and immunocompromised individuals at higher risk of severe disease), common complications can include respiratory distress and even blindness.
In 2003, a monkeypox <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5227a5.htm">outbreak occurred</a> in the United States, originating from infected prairie dogs that were housed near animals imported from Ghana, that infected 47 people. During this outbreak, all cases were attributable to animal-to-human transmission from close handling, bites, scratches, and cleaning the cages of sick animals. The outbreak was contained by quickly identifying the source and administering smallpox vaccines (which have cross-reactivity with monkeypox) to at-risk individuals. No deaths occurred in that outbreak.
The <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/index.html">2022</a> monkeypox outbreak, however, has now arguably evolved into a global epidemic. At the time of this writing, there are over 25,000 global <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/world-map.html">confirmed cases</a>, and the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html">United States</a> has over <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html">6,000 confirmed</a> cases in 49 jurisdictions, with the highest case counts being in New York state and California. Thus far, among these cases, there have been no reported monkeypox-associated deaths in the United States. <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/08/non-endemic-countries-record-first-monkeypox-deaths">Brazil and India</a> have each reported one death, with the Brazil patient being immunocompromised and having lymphoma. Spain has also reported two deaths. With a reported death rate in the current monkeypox epidemic far below the three to six percent previously reported, there is low concern for mortality, but there remains a risk for other complications of the infection.
We have also amassed a great deal of information regarding who is at risk. As of August 2, <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Monkeypox.aspx">California’s Department of Public Health</a> has reported that among its approximately 1,135 statewide cases of monkeypox, 14 have been hospitalized for the infection, with the vast majority of patients being aged between 25 and 44 years. From among the monkeypox cases with available data, 98.8% have been reported in male or transgender male individuals, with 97.2% of infected individuals identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Given this information, California’s public health website states: “While it’s good to stay alert about emerging public health outbreaks, the current risk of getting monkeypox in the general public is very low.”
The WHO and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have taken a different approach to the monkeypox outbreak than they did with COVID, electing to adopt recommendations directed at the individuals and communities at greatest risk, rather than issuing broad restrictions that impact the entire public. The <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/monkeypox-who-recommends-gay-bisexual-men-limit-sexual-partners-to-reduce-spread.html">WHO</a>, in addition to declaring monkeypox a PHEIC, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/monkeypox-who-recommends-gay-bisexual-men-limit-sexual-partners-to-reduce-spread.html">recommended</a> that men who have sex with men limit their number of sexual partners, while the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/pdf/MonkeyPox-SaferSex-InfoSheet-508.pdf">CDC</a> has chosen to issue “safer sex” recommendations that deliberately avoid singling out any groups to avoid stigmatization.
At this point in the monkeypox epidemic, when case numbers are relatively few and infections are concentrated among well-defined communities, we have a unique and narrow window of opportunity to adopt lessons we have learned from the COVID pandemic and <a href="https://gbdeclaration.org/focused-protection/">enact focused protection</a> of those who are at risk to both protect those individuals and halt the broader spread of the virus. Focused vaccination programs, educational campaigns regarding safe practices, and temporary limitations on specific events that are likely to lead to further spread of the monkeypox virus should all be considered. We learned from our initial response to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s that we can do so while being respectful to impacted communities by focusing our language on medical risk reduction, rather than shaming individuals for their identities or personal practices. Any efforts to avoid focused protection of at-risk communities out of fear of stigmatization will cause public health agencies to squander this opportunity to contain the spread of monkeypox, effectively worsening its impact and potentially making it far more difficult to control in the future.
Given how skeptical the public has become after watching public health and political leaders make one harmful mistake after another in their attempt to manage the COVID pandemic, leaders must now set aside politics and political correctness and very transparently employ the clinical evidence about monkeypox to address this epidemic swiftly, before it spreads beyond its existing pockets. Time is running out.
Houman David Hemmati, M.D., Ph.D. is a board-certified ophthalmologist and biomedical research scientist in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Hemmati earned a BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, an MD from UCLA School of Medicine, and a PhD from Caltech, and completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Stanford Hospital, an ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a postdoctoral research fellowship in chemical engineering at MIT, and a clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He has co-founded and helps run two pharmaceutical companies developing treatments for eye diseases like macular degeneration, and has published extensively in the areas of stem cell research and blinding eye diseases. You can follow him on Twitter: @houmanhemmati
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/monkeypox">Monkeypox</a> cases continue to rise in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a>, prompting officials to declare a public health emergency on Saturday while estimating that approximately 150,000 Big Apple residents face possible exposure.
The emergency declaration went into effect immediately and has allowed the state&#8217;s health department to issue orders under the New York City Health Code and access more funds and resources to &#8220;slow the spread&#8221; of the virus. New York&#8217;s Department of Heath reported at least 1,383 cases as of July 29. Of those numbers, New York City alone makes up for 1,289 cases. 
&#8220;This outbreak must be met with urgency, action, and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the seriousness of the moment,&#8221; Mayor Eric Adams and Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the head of the New York City health and mental hygiene department, <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/555-22/new-york-city-health-department-declares-monkeypox-public-health-emergency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a joint statement.
Two days earlier, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order declaring a State Disaster Emergency in response to the outbreak. 
&#8220;More than one in four monkeypox cases in this country are in New York State, and we need to utilize every tool in our arsenal as we respond,&#8221; Hochul <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-declares-state-disaster-emergency-response-ongoing-monkeypox-outbreak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s especially important to recognize the ways in which this outbreak is currently having a disproportionate impact on certain at-risk groups.&#8221;
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the U.S. has at least 5,189 reported cases of Monkeypox, which spreads through skin-to-skin and extended face-to-face contact, hugging, kissing, and sexual intercourse. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough, sore throat, and nasal congestion. The disease can also cause painful rashes and blisters.
While Monkeypox is not spread exclusively through sex, the disease infects gay men at a far higher rate than any other demographic. 
The Biden administration could declare Monkeypox a national public health emergency in the coming days, according to Politico. The announcement would come from the Department of Health and Human Services and give the federal agency the ability to new money and appoint new personnel. 
Last weekend, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the virus a &#8220;public health emergency of international concern.&#8221; Recent numbers indicate more than 18,000 cases and five deaths across 78 countries have spread since the current outbreak began spreading in May.
Roughly 70% of those cases were reported from Europe, while the Americas make up about 25%.
New York City marks the second major city in the United States, following San Francisco, to declare a public health emergency.
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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150,000 New Yorkers At Risk For Monkeypox, Officials Declare Public Health Emergency

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Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) called on social media platforms and news organizations Wednesday to counter so-called monkeypox misinformation through national regulations as the virus spreads into a global outbreak. 
Last weekend, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the virus a &#8220;public health emergency of international concern.&#8221; Recent numbers indicate that there are more than 18,000 cases and five deaths across 78 different countries. Roughly 70% of those cases were reported from Europe, while the Americas make up about 25%.
The virus has primarily spread among &#8220;men who have sex with men&#8221; and is spread through close physical contact, including sexual intercourse. The virus could also be spread by touching objects that someone with the virus had used. 
<a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1552382934300200960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghebreyesus</a> warned that men who engage in homosexual sex should reduce the number of partners they sexually engage with and further cautioned nations to be on guard against disinformation about the virus.  
&#8220;The stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus and can fuel the outbreak,&#8221; Ghebreyesus <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1552288345438437379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1552288345438437379%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Felamerican.com%2Fthe-who-chief-that-spread-dangerous-covid-misinformation-calls-to-regulate-monkeypox-disinformation-on-social-media%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;As we have seen with COVID-19, misinformation and disinformation can spread rapidly online.&#8221;
&#8220;So we call on all social media platforms, tech companies, and news organizations to work with us to prevent and counter harmful information,&#8221; he added.
New York City&#8217;s Department of Health recently wrote a <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/NYCHealthCommr/status/1552030247691894785?s=20&amp;t=mC4oyiTyLHSa_Rmu6KvhMg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Ghebreyesus saying the city has once again found itself at the epicenter of a contagious disease after it surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases.
The department also expressed worry about the effect the name monkeypox can have on vulnerable communities &#8220;given the stigma it may engender, and the painful racist history within which terminology like this is rooted for communities of color.&#8221;
The letter asked the WHO to use alternative terms for the virus, such as &#8220;hMPRXV&#8221; and &#8220;MPV,&#8221; as the virus does not &#8220;originate in monkeys.&#8221;
However, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&#8217;s <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/about.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> claims monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research. Yet, the CDC says the disease&#8217;s source remains unknown despite its name.
The Biden administration could declare monkeypox a national public health emergency in the coming days, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/27/biden-admin-monkeypox-health-emergency-00048333">according to</a> Politico. The announcement would come from the Department of Health and Human Services and give the federal agency the ability to new money and appoint new personnel. 
Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, told <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/25/biden-administration-monkeypox-public-health-emergency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a> it might be too late to stop the monkeypox virus from becoming endemic in the U.S.
&#8220;We may have already crossed that threshold — then it will be looked back on as among the biggest public health failures of recent times,&#8221; Gottlieb said.
CDC officials <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> more than 4,600 cases of monkeypox in the U.S. as of July 27.

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WHO Director Calls On Social Media And News Outlets To Regulate Monkeypox ‘Disinformation’ 

WHO Director Calls On Social Media And News Outlets To Regulate Monkeypox 'Disinformation' 

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New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Eric Adams (D)</a> announced on Sunday that he believes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/religion">God</a> is a &#8220;she&#8221; who created him specifically for this moment to deal with a wide barrage of issues facing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">Big Apple</a>.
During a press conference on Sunday, Adams was asked whether or not the World Health Organization&#8217;s declaration that monkeypox is a global emergency would change how he handles the issue. Adams dodged that question and declared his belief that it was God&#8217;s plan for him to be Gotham&#8217;s mayor in 2022.
&#8220;You know every skill I&#8217;ve ever acquired is coming to play right now. You know, I mean from monkeypox to COVID, to, you know, asylum seekers,&#8221; he said with a laugh. &#8220;You know, this is a moment where leadership matters. I think the Creator knew we were going to have a difficult time so she made sure I was made at this time.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m prepared for this moment,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I built a great team we are we are meeting these challenges as they come and I&#8217;m just thankful that I&#8217;m here to serve this city. And the entire team my five women deputy mayors have led from the front, and you know I never hear them complaining. They&#8217;re always coming up with new ways of solving the problems that we face.&#8221;
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This is not the first time that Adams has expressed his belief that his electoral victory was mandated from Heaven.
In March, Adams <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/10/adams-faith-based-office-00007805">told</a> faith leaders in the city, &#8220;There are days that the perfect people are going to judge me and tell me how to do it better. But I know and you know — they’re not the mayor.&#8221;
He also said he &#8220;never doubted&#8221; he was going to be mayor during his career. &#8220;God told me, ‘Eric, you’re going to be mayor,&#8221; Adams said at the time.
While the mayor said his deputy mayors do not complain, Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-mayor-warns-everyones-block-is-going-to-be-impacted-by-influx-of-illegal-aliens">lamented</a> during the press conference that illegal aliens arriving in New York City were a “burden” on the system while blaming conservative states for the problem.
“If there was ever an all-hands-on-deck moment, this is it. This is it,” Adams said Sunday. “Our system … was inundated with … you know, those who were seeking shelter because of the callousness of those other states that pushed them out. We’re here. We’re receiving them and everyone is going to have to be on board and we can’t have of the historical, ‘I believe people should be housed but just don’t house them on my block.&#8217;”
The mayor also stated that the rising number of illegal aliens would strain New York City’s safety net.
“Everyone’s block is going to be impacted by this and so we have to add our advocacy with our ability to help our neighbors and we need everyone on board with this, you know?&#8221; he said during the press conference. &#8220;Because as I stated last week, our schools are going to be impacted, our health care system is going to be impacted, our infrastructure is going to be impacted but we’re willing to do our job and we’re going to do our job and we’re going to need all New Yorkers to be with us on this.”

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams Says God Is A 'She' Who Made Him For The 'Moment' To Deal With Monkeypox, Covid, And Asylum Seekers

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/world-health-organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO) has declared <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/monkeypox">monkeypox</a> a global health emergency, which the group&#8217;s director says is spreading “rapidly through new modes of transmission” around the world. 
Despite a WHO panel not having consensus on labeling the sickness a global health emergency, WHO leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus directed the organization to declare it a “public health emergency of international concern.”
“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria” Tedros <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/23/health/monkeypox-pandemic-who.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur">told</a> the press. 
The disease, which primarily <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/monkeypox-driven-overwhelmingly-sex-men-major-study-finds-rcna39564">spreads</a> among men who have sex with men, joins both COVID and polio as the other diseases designated as international emergencies by the global health organization. 
While monkeypox has long been prevalent in parts of Africa, it has been spreading around the world in recent months after circulating at raves in Europe. Excluding Africa, there are about 16,000 cases worldwide, including 3,000 in the U.S. There have been no known deaths to date from the disease outside of Africa. 
After a WHO panel did not unanimously decide that monkeypox needed international efforts to crack down on its spread, Tedro made the decision to elevate the response to the disease and said that the process of declaring an emergency needed to be redesigned. 
“This process demonstrates once again that this vital tool needs to be sharpened to make it more effective,” he said.
The disease, which leads to lesions and rashes on the skin, is spread through close physical contact. It has also been known to cause those who have it pain when using the bathroom. 
“We have seen patients with severe rectal pain that worsens every time they go to the bathroom, genital pain every time they urinate and throat pain every time they swallow,” Jason Zucker at Columbia University <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/monkeypox-driven-overwhelmingly-sex-men-major-study-finds-rcna39564">said</a>. 
A new study suggests that monkeypox is also largely sexually transmitted. 
“These data point clearly to the fact that infections are so far almost exclusively occurring among men who have sex with men,” said epidemelogist Jennifer Nuzzo at Brown University, commenting on a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
“And the clinical presentation of these infections suggest that sexual transmission, not just close physical contact, may be helping spread the virus among this population,” Nuzzo added.
The Biden administration has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-places-another-bulk-order-of-monkeypox-vaccines">ordered</a> hundreds of thousands of doses of a vaccine used to protect against the disease.

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Monkeypox Declared Global Health Emergency By World Health Organization

Approximately 25 million children worldwide missed their routine vaccinations against potentially life-threatening illnesses due to COVID pandemic disruptions to healthcare.
The new figures regarding lowered child vaccinations were released by the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). A UNICEF press release referred to the issue as &#8220;the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years.&#8221;
“This is a red alert for child health. We are witnessing the largest sustained drop in childhood immunization in a generation. The consequences will be measured in lives,” Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, said in the organization&#8217;s <a href="https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/WUENIC2022release" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
“While a pandemic hangover was expected last year as a result of COVID-19 disruptions and lockdowns, what we are seeing now is a continued decline. COVID-19 is not an excuse. We need immunization catch-ups for the missing millions or we will inevitably witness more outbreaks, more sick children and greater pressure on already strained health systems,&#8221; she added.
About 18 million of the 25 million children failed to receive a single dose of DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) in 2021. The nations most impacted include India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and the Philippines.
Vaccine percentages dropped in every region in the study, with East Asia and the Pacific regions experiencing the steepest drops in vaccine coverage.
The consequences of vaccine interruptions for traditional illnesses have already been felt in some parts of the world. UNICEF noted outbreaks of measles and polio in the past 12 months as examples that showed the importance of keeping communities and children healthy.
The recovery period for traditional child vaccinations is unknown, as the COVID pandemic has not yet ended, according to WHO.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the pandemic still qualifies as a global emergency, and he was “concerned” about the recent surge in case numbers.
“The virus is running freely, and countries are not effectively managing the disease burden,” he <a href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-middle-east-pandemics-united-nations-463906f1b1b10e8993b556f9e0bb398f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a press briefing. “New waves of the virus demonstrate again that COVID-19 is nowhere near over.”
The vaccination push for COVID and boosters continues to remain a focus for the Biden administration. The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-health-organization-warns-covid-nowhere-near-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the pharmaceutical company Moderna announced last week that the initial tests of its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19">COVID</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19-vaccine">booster</a> specifically targeting BA.4 and BA.5 variants were more effective than previous shots.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fda-panel-recommends-new-covid-19-shots-to-target-omicron-variant">recommended</a> producing new COVID vaccines against the Omicron variant. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee approved a plan in a recent 19-2 vote to have the new vaccines ready by early October.
In Los Angeles County, a required indoor mask mandate is also on pace to return on July 29 if the county remains within the CDC&#8217;s high transmission threshold. The Biden administration appears to also back the county&#8217;s plan.
“My view on this has been very clear, which is local jurisdictions, cities, counties, states should make decisions about mask mandates, because communities are different and their patterns of transmission are different,” Dr. Ashish Jha, President Biden’s COVID coordinator, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/1-1-dr-ashish-jha-082830031.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Sunday during an interview on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week.&#8221;
“That said, CDC has very clear guidance on this as well through their COVID community levels. And the CDC recommendation is that when you’re in a high zone, that sort of orange zone, you know, people wearing masks indoors is really important, and it really will make a difference,” he added.

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Most Americans are done with COVID &#8212; the lockdowns, the masks, the fear &#8212; but apparently, the virus isn&#8217;t quite done with us.
The latest unpleasant news comes from the World Health Organization (WHO) as a new subvariant of Omicron known as BA.5 continues its spread across the U.S. and the world.
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“The virus is running freely,” the WHO said. &#8220;New waves of the virus demonstrate again that covid-19 is nowhere near over,” according to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
It&#8217;s not just the U.S. that&#8217;s being hit. “A new COVID-19 wave is ramping up across the European Union,” the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said Monday in a statement. The center said governments should prepare “for a next expected wave in the autumn and winter seasons.”
Meanwhile in China, the spread of the BA.5 subvariant raises concerns that cities like Shanghai, home to nearly 30 million people, might be forced back into lockdown.
On Tuesday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a> urged Americans to get yet another booster for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19">COVID</a>, this time to address the BA.5, which has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/omicron-variant.html?s_cid=11734:covid%20omnicron%20variant:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN:FY22">estimates</a> BA.5 accounts for about 65% of all COVID cases in the U.S. Another strain, BA.4, is responsible for about 16% of infections.
“BA.5 is something we’re closely monitoring, and most importantly, we know how to manage it,” Ashish Jha, the White House’s COVID response coordinator, said Tuesday.
“We can prevent serious illness, we can keep people out of the hospital and especially out of the ICU, we can save lives, and we can minimize the disruptions caused by COVID-19,” Jha said. “And even in the face of BA.5, the tools we have continue to work.”
BA.5 <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01771-3">concerns</a> scientists because it can infect people who have already had COVID or been vaccinated.
Last month, a panel of independent advisers that works with the Food and Drug Administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fda-panel-recommends-new-covid-19-shots-to-target-omicron-variant">recommended</a> producing new COVID vaccines to target the Omicron variant.
By a 19-2 vote, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee approved a plan to have new vaccines ready by early October. The panel said the newly formulated vaccines are needed because new subvariants of the Omicron strain appear to be able to bypass antibodies delivered via previous vaccines.
That would mean Americans could be urged to take a fourth shot, with fifth shots for the immunocompromised and people over 50 years old.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.
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World Health Organization Warns COVID ‘Nowhere Near Over’

World Health Organization (WHO) Warns COVID-19 'Nowhere Near Over'

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/world-health-organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO) is updating its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender">gender</a> mainstreaming manual to include new wording that states &#8220;sex is not limited to male or female.&#8221;
The new definition and other changes expand the first edition of the manual from 2011.
The organization <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-who-updates-widely-used-gender-mainstreaming-manual" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a news release that its updates focus in part on &#8220;going beyond non-binary approaches to gender and health to recognize gender and sexual diversity, or the concepts that gender identity exists on a continuum and that sex is not limited to male or female.&#8221;
The updates to the manual, in partnership with the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, are taking place during the summer and fall of 2022. Opportunities for feedback are offered during the review period.
The new guidance also plans to include “new gender, equity and human rights frameworks&#8221; that will feature various tools to support the revised concepts.
In a frequently asked questions <a href="https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/gender/q-a-update-of-the-who-gender-mainstreaming-manual.pdf?sfvrsn=a65db917_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handout</a> related to the update, the WHO answered that the gender mainstreaming manual is being revised &#8220;in light of the new scientific evidence and conceptual advances on gender, health and development that should inform WHO leadership.&#8221;
The update also plans &#8220;to understand how gender intersects and interacts with different determinants and factors that affect health outcomes&#8221; and address &#8220;the unequal distribution of health outcomes across population groups due to effects of gender roles, norms and relations.&#8221;
The work is led by the WHO&#8217;s Gender, Equity and Human Rights team. The significance of the updates could have a widespread impact, as its <a href="https://www.who.int/teams/gender-equity-and-human-rights/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">work</a> leads the organization’s actions to &#8220;mainstream gender, equity and human rights into programmes and workplans.&#8221;
Not all experts are in agreement that the updates are based on scientific progress.
In an <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11001673/Sex-NOT-limited-male-female-Fury-woke-guidance-dismisses-basic-biology.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with the Daily Mail, Coventry University professor Jenny Gamble referred to the updates as a &#8220;dismissal of basic biology — and mistake.&#8221;
British Parliament member Penny Mordaunt also spoke out on the issue of gender last week in a controversial Twitter post.
&#8220;I am biologically a woman. If I have a hysterectomy or mastectomy, I am still a woman. And I am legally a woman. Some people born male and who have been through the gender recognition process are also legally female. That DOES NOT mean they are biological women, like me,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/PennyMordaunt/status/1545908415331024896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The debate over gender issues has continued to generate controversy both in the U.K. and the U.S. In the U.K., Harry Potter series author J.K. Rowling has been ostracized by many over speaking out regarding transgender issues.
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Utterly shameful. Add this to the tottering pile of evidence that people in education and academia who&#39;re supposed to have a duty of care towards the young have succumbed to an outbreak of quasi-religious fanaticism. The girl&#39;s crime? Saying &#39;sex exists.&#39;<a href="https://t.co/r33RlN4Xtx">https://t.co/r33RlN4Xtx</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1526510094619377664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh has also addressed the gender discussion with his documentary &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman">What is a Woman?</a>&#8221; The film looks at responses from a variety of sources across the globe to shed light on the issue.
The controversy has also become a question for the church in the U.K. A Church of England bishop raised criticism last week for <a href="https://www.gbnews.uk/news/church-of-england-admits-it-doesnt-have-an-official-definition-for-a-woman/335759" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> there is &#8220;no official definition&#8221; of a woman.

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The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) reportedly believes that the coronavirus pandemic originated from a leak in a Chinese laboratory back in late 2019.
The Mail, a British newspaper, <a href="https://www.mailplus.co.uk/edition/news/coronavirus/193248/who-boss-secretly-blames-china-lab-for-covid-leak">reported</a> that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus &#8220;privately believes the Covid pandemic started following a leak from a Chinese laboratory,&#8221; according to a top government official. &#8220;While publicly the group maintains that ‘all hypotheses remain on the table’ about the origins of Covid, the source said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), had recently confided to a senior European politician that the most likely explanation was a catastrophic accident at a laboratory in Wuhan, where infections first spread in late 2019.&#8221;
Tedros recently told member nations that the WHO does “not yet have the answers as to where it came from or how it entered the human population” and that it was “morally” important to determine its origin. Tedros said countries, including China, needed to share data and that the WHO needed “transparency and without interference from any government.”
A WHO spokesperson said: &#8220;Dr. Tedros has been consistently saying that all hypothesis remain on the table as scientists pursue their work.&#8221;
The coronavirus pandemic, which has caused trillions of dollars in damage to the global economy and killed an <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61327778">estimated</a> 15 million people, broke out sometime in late 2019. However, an exact timeline of events has never been established due to China resisting international pressure for an investigation inside the country.
Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology — China’s only Biosafety level-4 laboratory — were hospitalized in November 2019 with symptoms consistent with COVID-19, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report that was released last year.
“The details of the reporting go beyond a State Department fact sheet, issued during the final days of the Trump administration, which said that several researchers at the lab, a center for the study of coronaviruses and other pathogens, became sick in autumn 2019 ‘with symptoms consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness,&#8217;” The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228">reported</a>. “November 2019 is roughly when many epidemiologists and virologists believe SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the pandemic, first began circulating around the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where Beijing says that the first confirmed case was a man who fell ill on Dec. 8, 2019.”
A panel of experts told a congressional subcommittee last year that they believed that the pandemic originated from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/experts-tell-u-s-lawmakers-its-highly-likely-covid-19-originated-in-wuhan-lab">reported</a> at the time:
<blockquote>All four of the experts — which included Dr. David Asher, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, Dr. Richard Muller, emeritus professor of physics at the University of California Berkeley and Dr. Steven Quay, founder of Atossa Therapeutics — answered “yes” when asked if the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 started in Wuhan lab.</blockquote>
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-report-leaked-docs-prove-china-underreported-pandemic-numbers-hid-previously-unreported-number">reported</a>, U.S. officials have indicated that they believe that China <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-intelligence-tells-trump-that-china-intentionally-lied-about-coronavirus-outbreak-report-says">“intentionally”</a> underreported their true numbers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-official-gives-fox-news-stunning-estimate-on-chinas-real-coronavius-numbers">“by at least a factor of 50.”</a> British officials reportedly told Prime Minister Boris Johnson early in the pandemic that China could have underreported their numbers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/british-scientific-advisers-claim-chinas-outbreak-could-be-15-to-40-times-worse-than-reported-report-says">“by a factor of 15 to 40 times.”</a> The Washington Post reported in April 2020 that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-evidence-coming-out-of-wuhan-suggests-real-death-toll-over-40000">“evidence”</a> coming out of Wuhan suggested that the real death count was over 40,000, which comes as China still claims that it only has a little over 4,600 deaths total nationwide. A conservative estimate in April 2020 from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)—which gave China every benefit of the doubt when coming up with their calculations, and then some—suggested that China severely and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aei-releases-conservative-estimate-of-chinas-true-outbreak-numbers-its-staggering">“deliberately”</a> underreported their numbers and that China’s true numbers at the time had to be at least 2.9 million infections with well over 100,000 deaths.

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World Health Organization Head Now ‘Privately’ Blames Chinese Lab For Coronavirus Pandemic: Report

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to rename monkeypox &#8220;as soon as possible,&#8221; claiming the existing name is racist and discriminatory to Africa.
More than 30 researchers have &#8220;signed a position paper stating there was an &#8216;urgent need&#8217; to change its name given the current outbreak, which has mainly struck gay and bisexual men,&#8221; the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10918619/World-Health-Organization-rename-monkeypox-scientists-claimed-RACIST.html">reported</a>.
&#8220;They wrote: &#8216;Continued reference to, and nomenclature of this virus being African is not only inaccurate but is also discriminatory and stigmatizing,'&#8221; the U.K. paper said.
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, head of the WHO, confirmed the virus will be renamed, saying the organization is &#8220;working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades, and the disease it causes.&#8221;
&#8220;We will make announcements about the new names as soon as possible,&#8221; he said.
The virus is endemic to central and western Africa but is currently spreading to at least 40 countries across the globe. Symptoms include &#8220;a fever, intense headache, muscle aches, back pain, low energy, swollen lymph nodes and a skin rash or lesions,&#8221; the WHO says on its <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/monkeypox?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhqaVBhCxARIsAHK1tiPl2UJ99mlUr7hmxD7m_HNWynPoPPyj3hYmxujjhbcGoCxkCykKA5AaAk_PEALw_wcB">website</a>.  &#8220;Lesions can be flat or slightly raised, filled with clear or yellowish fluid, and can then crust, dry up and fall off. The number of lesions on one person can range from a few to several thousand&#8221; and are usually &#8220;concentrated on the face, palms of the hands and soles of the feet&#8221; but can spread to the mouth, genitals and eyes.
Currently, the virus is split into two types, with the names designating where they were found, such as the West African variant and Central African or Congo Basin strains.
Now, scientists want to use numbers, such as MPXV1 and MPXV2, to differentiate the variants.
The move is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/01/coronavirus-variants-greek-letters/">similar</a> to what the WHO did with COVID-19, which had been referred to as the Wuhan virus because of where it was first found. The WHO designated the name of the virus as SARS-CoV-2.
&#8220;Other groups have warned of stigma in communication about monkeypox,&#8221; Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/who-considers-renaming-monkeypox-virus-to-minimize-stigma-racism-1.1778261">reported</a>. &#8220;In late May, the Foreign Press Association of Africa asked western media to stop using photos of Black people to highlight what the condition looks like in stories about the US or UK. In the weeks since, scientists have also raised the point that the lesions patients are presenting with in this current outbreak have, in many cases, been distinct from what’s been historically documented in Africa.&#8221;
“As any other disease, it can occur in any region in the world and afflict anyone, regardless of race or ethnicity,” the group wrote. “As such, we believe that no race or skin complexion should be the face of this disease.”
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.
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World Health Organization Will Rename Monkeypox Because Name Is ‘Discriminatory, Stigmatizing’ To Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) Will Rename Monkeypox Because Name Is 'Discriminatory, Stigmatizing' To Africa

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra has once again tested positive for COVID-19, just 25 days since he last announced he had the virus, according to a news release from the department.
The release said Becerra, who last tested positive on May 18 while traveling in Europe, was experiencing mild symptoms.
“This morning in Sacramento, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for COVID-19 after taking an antigen test,” the release said. “He is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is experiencing mild symptoms. He will continue to perform his duties, working in isolation.&#8221;
The news follows the announcement that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has contracted the virus for the second time. &#8220;I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating. I feel okay, but that’s because I got my shots. So, if you haven’t, get vaccinated &#8211; and if you can, get boosted. Let’s protect our healthcare system, each other, and ourselves,&#8221; Trudeau tweeted on Monday.
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I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating. I feel okay, but that’s because I got my shots. So, if you haven’t, get vaccinated &#8211; and if you can, get boosted. Let’s protect our healthcare system, each other, and ourselves.
&mdash; Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1536365897358745600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Trudeau&#8217;s announcement came just days after he met with President Joe Biden and several foreign leaders at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.
&#8220;Trudeau met with several other U.S. officials during the trip, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), as well as the leaders of Argentina, Jamaica, Barbados and the Dominican Republic. Chilean President Gabriel Boric met with Trudeau in Ottawa on June 6,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/13/canada-trudeau-covid-biden-summit-americas/">said</a>. The paper then added, &#8220;White House spokesman Kevin Munoz said Biden is not a close contact of Trudeau as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.&#8221; The announcements came as COVID cases are back up and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new warnings.
The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned late last month, <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/05/1118752">according</a> to U.N. News.
The WHO head said, “We lower our guard at our peril.”
“So, is COVID-19 over? No, it’s most certainly not over. I know that’s not the message you want to hear, and it’s definitely not the message I want to deliver,” he said.
Ghebreyesus told officials gathered in Geneva for the opening of the WHO’s annual meeting that declining testing and sequencing means “we are blinding ourselves to the evolution of the virus.” In addition, he said that while billions are vaccinated against the virus, nearly one billion people in lower-income countries still are not.
While some 60% of the world’s population is vaccinated, he said, “it’s not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere.”
Ghebreyesus mentioned, “reported cases are increasing in almost 70 countries in all regions,” the UN reported.
“ … And this in a world in which testing rates have plummeted,” the WHO head added.
He noted that the virus is spreading rapidly in Africa, where the vaccination rate is the lowest worldwide. And he said that while there appears to be ample supply of the vaccine, there is “insufficient political commitment to roll out vaccines” in some countries, while there remain gaps in “operational or financial capacity” in other nations.
“In all, we see vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation and disinformation,” Ghebreyesus said. “The pandemic will not magically disappear. But we can end it. We have the knowledge. We have the tools. Science has given us the upper hand,” he said, calling on countries to work together to reach 70% of vaccination coverage.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as a White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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