1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts

yamilee21

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Not surprised at all. I worked with the mpox outreach at my local health department; the activation ended New Year’s Eve. For the last few weeks, my cases were going a week or two before being accurately diagnosed, sometimes seeing 4 or 5 different care providers before being tested, even when they were certain they had mpox. Some were never able to get tested at all, despite visiting multiple health centers/ERs with visible symptoms. It felt as if the powers that be decided to use the Trump tactic - “there won’t be any cases if you don’t test.”
 
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