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it's friday may 27th, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today.

Why viruses are starting to act in unexpected ways.

Plus, the sex pistols re-release God Save the Queen just in time for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

And at least one DIY collective is running an anti-Jubilee punk festival.

And some follow-ups to previous stories, including those Avatar holograms. Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

So on Monday I discussed Monkey Pox, and all the reasons you almost certainly do not need

to freak out about it, despite the fact that, yes, technically it is currently spreading in an

atypical fashion.

Three quick takeaways, in case you missed it, death from monkeypox is extremely rare.

It is not very transmissible, and we have ample means to treat and prevent it since it's been around since the 1950s.

And the fact that it's returned in a slightly different way than before and is causing outbreaks and places that

rarely see it also shouldn't be too surprising, even if we don't have an exact explanation yet.

That's because lots of viruses that haven't been seen in a while, or at least took a little

vacation during COVID, have now peaked their heads back in the room, and many of them

are behaving in unexpected ways. Helen Brandswell, the senior writer on infectious disease

for stat news, covered this curious situation earlier this week. And when you put the pieces

together, none of it is entirely surprising. I've talked a few times about how mild of flu seasons we've had the past two

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