It's the topic of the time. It's there. It's in the moment. It's probably got you

scraps in your head. If you've got any brain cells going on in your head, are

you saying really monkey pox? Take a look at this.

A mysterious new outbreak of monkey pox is growing.

Experts stress there is no need for alarm.

There is nothing to panic about. We don't want people to worry.

I'm not sure where at the concern where people should have any sort of sense of panic.

Guys, the fatality risk is low.

The WHO says that death rate from monkey pox is usually around 3 to 6% of cases.

It's less contagious than smallpox and causes less severe illness.

Most people recover from it in a few weeks. Symptoms include fever and headache,

feeling tired and swollen glands.

The majority of people who get this have a self-limited illness. They do not proceed

to some of those graphic images that we've seen flash across the news.

There's a lot of good news to think about. One is it's not nearly as transmissible.

It's transmitted by really close contact, usually with bodily fluids.

It isn't one of those types of viruses that are so well transmitted like COVID, where people

in the grocery store can get it.

I don't think it's going to be widespread in terms of an epidemic that we've seen in

the order of COVID.

The good news is we've known about monkey pox for a long time. We have a vaccine, a small

pox vaccine that appears to work well to control this.

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