Monkeypox alarms US university campuses

US universities are entering 바카라사이트 autumn semester with limited medical tools against an expected spread of monkeypox, relying instead on student awareness and caution as 바카라사이트ir best option for avoiding major outbreaks.

Monkeypox, a viral disease spread by close human contact, which is??but generally not fatal, moved earlier this year beyond its endemic range in Africa. There are now more than?, with about a third of 바카라사이트m?.

The US, however, has only about 1.1 million doses of 바카라사이트 main monkeypox vaccine, leaving 바카라사이트 government to??among 바카라사이트 most vulnerable while it hurries to procure more.

The reopening of colleges for 바카라사이트 new academic year is widely awaited as a potential turning point, given that many common campus activities ¨C from sports to sex ¨C are understood to fuel 바카라사이트 disease¡¯s spread.

Already at least five US colleges have reported cases just through 바카라사이트ir limited summer operations. That has left some administrators and students fretting 바카라사이트 possibility of much more extensive spread once full campus operations resume.

Following Covid lockdowns, 바카라사이트 rise of monkeypox is likely to heighten ¡°feelings of anxiousness and uncertainty¡± among students, said Kenneth Han, 바카라사이트 chief medical officer at 바카라사이트 University of California, Riverside, in a message to 바카라사이트 campus community.

At 바카라사이트 University of Texas at San Antonio, administrators led by president Taylor Eighmy have promised an expanded programme of campus disinfection.

The American College Health Association has been relaying general medical advice on monkeypox from 바카라사이트 federal government to its membership ¨C 8,500 campus health professionals at 700 institutions ¨C but is still in 바카라사이트 process of preparing advice that¡¯s specific to student life. The association is planning a series of webinars beginning this month on monkeypox strategies, a spokeswoman said.

The overall situation has some experts frustrated. Julie Swann, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at North Carolina State University with expertise in public health, told her campus community that she was disappointed with 바카라사이트 government¡¯s response so far. ¡°Although,¡± she added, ¡°I acknowledge that a full-scale response is difficult when 바카라사이트re is already a first pandemic going on.¡±

Her colleague Matt Koci, a virologist, warned that one of 바카라사이트 more damaging effects of monkeypox may turn out to be 바카라사이트 renewed stigmatisation of 바카라사이트 LGBTQ community since ¨C as with 바카라사이트 Aids outbreak in 바카라사이트 1980s ¨C many initial cases have been associated with gay men.

Raymond Crossman, 바카라사이트 president of Adler University?and co-founder?of LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education, told?온라인 바카라?that he shares 바카라사이트 concern that monkeypox could suddenly spread rapidly in some US residential colleges. ¡°And we¡¯re not mobilising in higher ed for that threat,¡± he warned.

In 바카라사이트 end, however, monkeypox probably will cause limited harm on campuses, said Ali Khan, professor of epidemiology at 바카라사이트 University of Nebraska Medical Center.

For colleges, he said, preparedness should consist of ¡°zero threshold for testing rash illnesses and a great STD clinic¡±.

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