Why vaccine alone strategy is not good- mpox is affecting the most vulnerable & the poorest, living in a conflict zone The virus is evolving & we really don’t have clear evidence how vaccine will work against different types Sue McBean Esther drugtargetreview.com/news/152646/mr…

TRADE OFF - probably best defines living If I had a billion dollars tomorrow, would I be spending it on mpox vaccine?” “Maybe I’d spend it on making sure my measles coverage is better or making sure my kids with malaria get treated.” bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Bloomberg

Money is a Commodity So is time We r fast losing a chance to control mpox Time is now Sue McBean Concerned Citizen 🇨🇦

Remember How many of the poor & the vulnerable received continued supply of COVID 19 vaccines The institutions r the same, the process stays the same Why should we expect equitable distribution now Esther Sue McBean Shu-Ti Chiou

As I keep saying It is a humanitarian Crisis Between beginning of year & 1 Sept > 20,000 cases of mpox have been reported from 14 countries in Africa 19,000 are in DRC, 600 people dead ⁦Sue McBean⁩ ⁦Esther⁩ ⁦Yaneer Bar-Yam⁩ unhcr.org/news/stories/h…

All international travelers, including air crew,to complete an electronic self-declaration health form called “SATUSEHAT Health Pass” before entering Indonesia We would also need enhanced surveillance Locally ⁦Yaneer Bar-Yam⁩ ⁦Sue McBean⁩ visasnews.com/en/mpox-indone…

The VACCINE EQUATION Who has the vaccine - US is believed to have stockpiled 7 million doses by mid-2023, Spain has 2.5 million doses WHO needs it - DRC Congo ⁦Sue McBean⁩ ⁦Esther⁩ ⁦Yaneer Bar-Yam⁩ time.com/7018580/mpox-v…

K-Pop Idol Lee Tae Geun, 41, Dies After Long Battle With COVID-19 Vaccine Complications ndtv.com/entertainment/…

The most worrying aspect of our thinking on Pandemic is - that it is all about man-animal conflict/interaction No, it is much more than that If at all, ⬆️ travel is the most important factor involved ⁦Yaneer Bar-Yam⁩ ⁦Sue McBean⁩ thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien…

Death is one end on the spectrum of a disease More deaths means, more infections r happening across the spectrum Africa CDC warns of rising mpox cases as death toll reaches 643 Yaneer Bar-Yam Sue McBean Esther ap7am.com/index.php/en/8… via ap7am

The Good News - Unlike Covid-19, the monkeypox virus (MPXV) does not easily spread through the air The Bad News - It does spread through air Imagine what that means in a vulnerable situation Yaneer Bar-Yam Sue McBean ap7am.com/en/86219/mpox-… #Mpox #Air #US CDC via ap7am

“The blame for this state of affairs, the heart of the problem, as we saw in the obscene inequality which characterised COVID-19 global vaccine rollout, is that some lives simply don’t seem to matter” Sue McBean Tim Skellett tern aje.io/i7ymkp via Al Jazeera English

As I keep saying- The epidemiology of mpox continues to be cryptic m.economictimes.com/news/internati… via @economictimes

This is how PUBLIC HEALTH is being done now 😷Yaneer Bar-Yam Andrew Ewing Shu-Ti Chiou Spela Salamon, MD, Ph.D. Dr Noor Bari Dr Elisa Perego Esther Eric Feigl-Ding

India reports suspected Mpox case, patient's condition stable Sue McBean Esther Yaneer Bar-Yam hindustantimes.com/india-news/ind…

The details Shreya Upadhyaya Dr Elisa Perego Esther Sue McBean

The personal identity of the patient has not been revealed - it is good from the view of an individual patient but in terms of epidemiology or outbreak response, it may not be a great idea Esther Sue McBean Shreya Upadhyaya

Who all thought it will be delivered free to Africa? Nothing, literally nothing comes free Higher price of mpox vaccine to pose key hurdle in Africa order talks Sue McBean Concerned Citizen 🇨🇦 Daniel Brittain Dugger mybs.in/2dYssRg

Breaking Mpox confirmed in this patient Yaneer Bar-Yam Esther Sue McBean Shreya Upadhyaya

& I thought co-circulation of different strains meant "complicated situation' 'This case is an isolated case, similar to earlier 30 cases reported from Jul 2022 onwards & not part of the current public health emergency due to clade 1' the ministry added. hindustantimes.com/india-news/mpo…