Opinion: Monkeypox should serve as a global health wake-up call about when we act and why

, as warmer temperatures and changing seasonal rains create breeding grounds for mosquitoes. We worry, too, about zoonotic diseases like Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic disease endemic to North and West Africa, though cases are increasingly being seen in new areas. And these are just the diseases that we already know about.

However, many of these existing infectious diseases with significant public health burdens have long attracted little to no investment in new diagnostic testing, vaccines and treatments.

The Canadian-developed Ebola vaccine is a prime example. Developed at the National Microbiology Laboratory, the absence of an effective government strategy to take it from lab to patient and a lack of commercial interest led to it sitting on a shelf for years; it only got dusted off and launched once the major humanitarian crisis of West Africa’s 2013 outbreak attracted international attention as a biosecurity issue.

The situation for monkeypox is slightly different. Its similarities to smallpox mean that vaccines and therapeutics exist, though once again there is inequity in access as most doses have been allocated to the stockpiles of rich countries, rather than the public health needs of places where the virus is endemic.

If the world wants to get serious about getting ahead of future pandemic threats, it will require serious investment in the research and development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and therapeutics for public health threats wherever they exist, rather than waiting until they imperil wealthy countries or create lucrative markets. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that today’s local risk can quickly become the global health risk of tomorrow, and the only way forward is to put lives over profit.

Monkey pox is a bunch of fear mongering so that Big Pharma can get richer than they already are. This is about $$ don’t kid yourself.

Will we have to repay our monkeypox CERB?

Perhaps media should tell us how it gets spread and who is exposed the most. I hear it is predominantly male to male during sex

Omg….STOP!

it's little to convenient

Environment means Climate first of all- And Change in them means what's Unseen appears: Deseases spread through Flesh as if through Mental Fears And each Release's an awakening Call Is being freed what's been trapped- So northern Pest confronts that from theSouth InNose and Mouth

picardonhealth The incubation period can be as long as two weeks which will be a challenge for containment.

You all are just pushing for another pandemic.. Does anyone even believe your nonsense anymore?

Its funny how hard the media is trying to whip people into another panic over monkeypox, but no one is is taking the bait. It seems as though everyone learned their lesson from the needless covid hysteria. Gives me a glimmer of hope for humanity.

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