If the monkeypox virus spreads throughout the United States, it will be the “greatest public health failure in recent times,” according to former FDA head Scott Gottlieb.
In his opinion piece, Gottlieb stated that if the disease grew to be endemic, it would be a major setback given that stopping it from spreading in the first place was possible.
Gottlieb emphasized the fact that, in contrast to the time when COVID initially appeared, there are now dependable vaccinations and diagnostics available that can halt the progression of the illness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on the other hand, did not move quickly but rather used the same “lengthy protocol” and made many of the same blunders that they did when the Covid outbreak occurred.
Gottlieb stressed the fact that, in contrast to when COVID initially appeared, there are now dependable vaccinations and diagnostics accessible that can halt the progression of the illness.
On the other hand, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not move quickly but used the same “lengthy protocol” and made many of the same blunders they did when the COVID outbreak occurred.
India is taking measures against monkeypox.
Following the discovery of four laboratory-confirmed instances of monkeypox in India, the government is currently working on establishing its own diagnostic test kit for the illness.
The test kit for monkeypox is being made by the same company that makes the TrueNat real-time polymerase chain reaction.
This is the only juncture platform in the world that the World Health Organization (WHO) uses to detect tuberculosis.
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Senior Emergency Officer for WHO Europe, Catherine Smallwood, highlighted that the objective must be to “interrupt transmission immediately and put an end to this outbreak.
” She did indicate that in the majority of situations, the condition will mend itself on its own without the need for any therapy.
