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Sigh. I googled Feigl-Ding and I learned he is not a source to be trusted. I'm not going to share any more tweets by him. I had no idea how questionable he is...
Feigl-Ding has disclosed he is not sub-specialized in infectious diseases and claims to have never misrepresented himself as an infectious disease epidemiologist. [...] His tweets during the [covid] pandemic have also at times been criticized by other scientists as alarmist, misleading, or inaccurate.
Also - for what it's worth - he's a democratic politician. I wonder if his tweets are designed more for his "brand" than anything else.
from /r/medicine from actual doctor
Remain calm. This is a study of virus detection in air and is NOT a transmission study. There is a big difference. Just because a viable virus is detectable it does not mean that it will cause human disease.
The R0 for Monkey pox is about 1. So yes, transmission can be sustained. However there have been dozens of outbreaks studied since the 80s and there have not been large scale transmission events. Household transmission rate studies show variable results but the pooled estimate for unvaccinated household contacts is in the order of 8%. In addition, this virus is a DNA virus and mutations into a pandemic spreading strain are unlikely. This is a great reference for a summary of the epi of the monkeypox virus.
link https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/utz52q/there_is_a_high_chance_that_monkeypox_can_spread/
Sigh. I googled Feigl-Ding and I learned he is not a source to be trusted. I'm not going to share any more tweets by him. I had no idea how questionable he is...
Also - for what it's worth - he's a democratic politician.
I'm going to edit the self text too.
Why not give a link?
https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/utz52q/there_is_a_high_chance_that_monkeypox_can_spread/