Schools should not be closed due to monkeypox, experts said, and people should not be isolated or quarantined after exposure.
While there have been some monkeypox cases among children, they are few and far between. As of Tuesday, have had confirmed or probable monkeypox infections, and almost all are adults. Children make up less than 1% of cases, Doron said, and those cases largely have involved known exposure to somebody who had monkeypox.
The virus is transmitted through close skin-to-skin contact, which can occur through sexual transmission or by sharing personal items like sheets, clothes or towels. Due to the nature of college life and the close proximity of dorms,, but Boston doctors don't think it poses a major risk for grade school children.
"This is not COVID-19. It's not as transmissible," Doron said."We have lessons to learn from COVID-19 in schools, especially that fear mongering and fear-based decision making is harmful to children and their education." Monkeypox is now a public health emergency nationwide which allows the federal government to open up additional funding for testing and vaccines to fight the virus as the US beefs up its approach.. It presents itself as a flu-like illness accompanied by lymph-node swelling and rash on the face and body.
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