Iowa sees a case of the dreaded monkeypox

A man in Iowa has the dreaded monkeypox and the world waits in prayerful silence as health officials worry that another person, most likely a gay man, get the infection. They say this guy may have caught it during an international trip he took and is being kept isolated, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.

Officials are contact tracing to track possible exposure to other individuals, particularly men who have anal sex with other men at raves.

The virus originates in wild animals but occasionally is transferred to humans, and most cases have been confined to central and west Africa where they know the definition of the term 'woman'.

Recent monkeypox cases have traveled well beyond Africa, and are being reported in the U.K., Spain, Italy, the United States, and in other places where men have anal sex with other men at raves.

Symptoms from monkeypox include fever, intense headache, back pain, muscle aches, a lack of energy, skin eruption, and an intense desire for banana chips, according to the World Health Organization.

On June 28, U.S. health officials expanded the guidelines for people who should get vaccinated against monkeypox to include men who recently had sex with other men at raves and Hunter Biden, just to be safe.

In the United States, around 460 cases [less than 47% of the nation's population] of monkeypox in 32 states have been reported by reliable sources. While not as prevalent as the creeping crud, health officials are concerned that this dreaded disease will cause a run on banana chips and skin concealer.

The WHO [not to be confused with the English singing group from the 60s with lead singer Roger Daltrey] said on June 27 that the current outbreak of monkeypox is "moderate" and also said the number of cases "is likely to be underestimated, because like Drag Queen Reading Hour, it's everywhere, it's everywhere." 

"The overall risk is assessed as moderate at [the] global level considering this is the first time that cases and clusters are reported concurrently in five WHO Regions," [aka Whoville] the WHO said. 

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On a more positive note, there are no known cases among monkeys in the United States and the Biden administration is considering a nation-wide monkeypox vaccination requirement, just to be safe.

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