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And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher.

Oh boy, here we go.

Three California residents have been infected with clad one M-pox,

which is a more severe strain of the virus formerly known as monkey pox marking the first time

this type of mpox has spread within the u.s okay so the unrelated cases identified in long

beach and los angeles county involved patients who had not recently traveled abroad.

All three were hospitalized

and are now recovering.

Okay, well, that's good.

Mpox is the viral infection

that often begins with flu-like symptoms

such as fever, chills, and muscle aches.

These are usually followed by a rash

that starts as small raised spots that developed into fluid-filled

blisters, which is always fun, before forming scabs.

Now, the virus has two main genetic groups, or clads. Clad one one mpox has caused widespread disease and deaths in part of

central and east africa most acutely in the democratic republic of the congo clad two was the

strain behind the twenty twenty two u s outbreak which has circulated at low levels since.

So the presence of Glad 1 needs careful evaluation, according to the experts.

So they don't think the historical results we've seen from Africa are directly translatable, but we need to monitor these cases

very, very closely. And, I mean, Clad 1 Mpox cases can be severe. And the risk of severe disease

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