Monkeypox becomes endemic in the US will be the “worst public health failure in modern times” because it can be prevented, said former Director of Food and Medicine Administration (FDA) Scott Gottlieb.
Writing on OP-ED, Gottlieb said that if this disease became endemic, it would be a serious failure because this could be prevented, reported the Daily Mail.
“If Monkeypox gets a permanent footing in the US and becomes an endemic virus that joins our circulating pathogenic repertoire, it will be one of the worst community health failures in modern times,” Gottlieb said as quoted.
“Not only because of pain and the dangers of disease, but also because it can be avoided,” he added.
Gottlieb showed that – unlike when Covid first appeared – there was a reliable vaccine and the test available to stop the disease in its path. But the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) failed to act quickly, instead of following the same ‘protracted checklist’ and made many mistakes the same as when Covid struck.
He wrote in the New York Times which if this disease gets a foothold, it will be a good disaster because it can be prevented and due to infection – which is blisters throughout the body – painful. Many sufferers say their symptoms are “worse than Covid”.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that infectious diseases tend to cause more death.
Catherine Smallwood, a senior emergency officer at WHO Europe, emphasized that the goal must “disturb the transmission quickly and stop this plague”. However, he stressed that in many cases, this disease heals itself without the need for treatment.
In India, a 22 -year -old young man from Kerala died last week was reported because of Monkeypox.
According to media reports, he returned to the state on July 21 from the UAE and was treated in a private hospital on July 27 after developing encephalitis and fever. The lymph nodes are also swollen.
