Monkeypox, a viral disease with outbreaks spreading in the U.S. and Europe, is posing a lot of questions. WIRED spoke with epidemiologist Dr. Danielle Ompad to answer some of the most common questions about monkeypox. What does it look like? How does it spread? How do you test for it? Is there a vaccine?
Director: Maya Dangerfield
Editor: Kelso Harper
Expert: Dr. Danielle Ompad
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch
Special Thanks:
@DrCharlesMD1
@grace_oliviat1d
@kokofaceyoga
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J D
August 16, 2022 at 9:18 am
Thank you WIRED!!!!!!!
Gary Hamad
August 16, 2022 at 9:20 am
so just regular Pox?
F?СК МЕ. ТАР ОN MY РIC
August 16, 2022 at 9:39 am
As someone who’s had monkey pox and having faced the stigma thats already around it, this video is very much a relief to see
Julia Cora
August 16, 2022 at 10:02 am
Great video with clear information but personally I think that if they explained more about the severity of the scars left on the skin people would be more cautious.
Lauren-𝔽**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ𝕂 𝕄𝕐 Рℝ𝟘𝔽𝕀𝕃Е🔞
August 16, 2022 at 10:20 am
Good video no scare mongering just telling you how to properly avoid the disease and informing you there is a viral vaccine.
Stephen Secord
August 16, 2022 at 11:13 am
quit f cking yr boifren and then the dog you dirty mfs
Victoria 💋𝔽**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ𝕂 𝕄𝕐 Рℝ𝟘𝔽𝕀𝕃Е💛
August 16, 2022 at 11:45 am
As someone who’s had monkey pox and having faced the stigma thats already around it, this video is very much a relief to see
quandavious tingle bottom qaudale davinci the 38th
August 16, 2022 at 12:00 pm
God loves you
・your non favorite person 👍・
August 16, 2022 at 12:06 pm
As someone who’s had monkey pox and having faced the stigma thats already around it, this video is very much a relief to see
Mary Morris
August 16, 2022 at 1:40 pm
Am suddenly looking for my exfoliating products I had tucked away. I wonder if they would help? Too bad she didn’t address the comfort and hygiene needs of the patient who has monkeypox virus.
Dirty Stinky
August 16, 2022 at 1:48 pm
🤦🏻♂️no exfoliating products are not going to help
Elchamuc020
August 16, 2022 at 1:50 pm
Seeing is believing
so until I see it, this absolutely purely highly concentrated refined b.s.
YourWorstNightmare
August 16, 2022 at 2:11 pm
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
winner winner
August 16, 2022 at 3:27 pm
yeah no one talks about you can get it after getting vaccinated i ask why the number increase ? and not decrease even with vaccination ?
winner winner
August 16, 2022 at 3:49 pm
n o to future mandates enough is enough
borednow
August 16, 2022 at 4:35 pm
use of the term “pregnant people” smh…. only women can get pregnant… even if you want to be a woman and do the operation you’re still not a real woman but a transwoman and you cant get pregnant anyway and if you’re a woman that wants to be a man and get pregnant, you’re still a pregnant woman wanting to be a man…
Mafu
August 17, 2022 at 9:54 am
It’s not that deep…
Giga Floyd
August 16, 2022 at 7:00 pm
I’m LMFAO, this is literal propaganda. So many normies are probably 💩 the bed right now thinking there is another virus they need to worry about.
Keep coping and seething.
Nothing to worry about, this blessing only infects 1 community… the LGTV community 🤣 stay safe straight normal ppl, as long as you don’t engage in LGTV activities you’ve got nothing to worry about.
Mafu
August 17, 2022 at 9:54 am
🤡
Maria de-flower me now
August 16, 2022 at 7:24 pm
Great video with clear information but personally I think that if they explained more about the severity of the scars left on the skin people would be more cautious.
Kayla 🍆𝗙**𝗖𝗞 Me! Check 𝗠𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶le💋
August 16, 2022 at 8:07 pm
As someone who’s had monkey pox and having faced the stigma thats already around it, this video is very much a relief to see
Jay
August 16, 2022 at 8:48 pm
It’s spreading to our dogs now… not a fun fact.
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August 16, 2022 at 9:07 pm
As someone who’s had monkey pox and having faced the stigma thats already around it, this video is very much a relief to see
Iva 💖 𝐹**СК МЕ - СНЕ𝒞𝒦 𝑀𝒴 Р𝑅𝟢𝐹𝐼𝐿Е 🔞
August 16, 2022 at 10:07 pm
Great video with clear information but personally I think that if they explained more about the severity of the scars left on the skin people would be more cautious.
Sonia -My New Private vidoe
August 17, 2022 at 12:11 am
How many weeks after the pox have cleared does the monkeypox virus remain in seminal fluid ? (for those that don’t realize, some viruses – like Ebola – can remain viable and infectious in seminal fluid for weeks to months after a man is otherwise recovered. So its vitally important to use condoms during that time.)
bert1913
August 17, 2022 at 12:37 am
Isn’t hard to hold down a monkey? Lol
Imriel Bissnette
August 17, 2022 at 1:07 am
Hi, can I just thank y’all for actually showing this on dark skin? It’s amazing how many of the symptoms for diseases and infections look so different or aren’t really visible on dark skin and no one talks about that.
FAE
August 19, 2022 at 3:51 am
Literally. I always have to google, “on black skin”
Kylee 💦F-'ck M'-e - Check my P'ro'fi-le💋
August 17, 2022 at 2:12 am
Great video with clear information but personally I think that if they explained more about the severity of the scars left on the skin people would be more cautious.
Bassically Andre
August 17, 2022 at 3:20 am
Too bad it doesn’t actually turn you into a monkey.
metaMarcy (Marcy Currier)
August 17, 2022 at 6:28 am
Monkey pox is not “posing” questions
Yoni Sapir
August 17, 2022 at 2:05 pm
No one is asking the million dollar question. How does a virus that is otherwise dormant, far away in the continent of Africa, suddenly start spreading throughout the world? Clearly something happened that caused this strain to become more transmissible. Which then begs the question, was this another lab leak (and if so, was it deliberate?) or was it naturally occurring?
By the way, the very same Wuhan Institute of Virology that leaked the novel coronavirus that is still infecting people also allegedly has a Nipah virus program. The Nipah virus has a lethality rate of 55-70+%, and that’s mother nature’s version. You can only imagine how much worse the gain of function product would be. If true, and many experts seem to think it’s a very real possibility, this is a civilization-ending pandemic in the making.
Zesky 665
August 19, 2022 at 9:19 am
There are some cases where it was spread via exotic pet trade. It infects other mammals too, so if you’re buying a poached monkey as a pet chances are you might get it.
Shadat Rahman
August 17, 2022 at 10:37 pm
This video answer all my questions and concerns regarding monkeypox.
Donna Keeley
August 18, 2022 at 12:25 am
Sure does sound like Chicken Poxs to me!
xdragon2k
August 18, 2022 at 1:19 am
Do you need to use any medicine or can you just ride it out?
happynotes
August 18, 2022 at 2:51 am
So, should colleges close down? Considering that people will be sharing plates in dorms and will be sharing laundry rooms. So far my college has said nothing and people are moving in in two weeks.
Think3r
August 20, 2022 at 8:22 pm
It just depends on how things play out. Monkeypox is a little easier to track and control than other diseases because simple measures can make a drastic difference. If they find that college dorms are prone to outbreaks, they’ll likely create some measures to control it and recommend that you get vaccinated. At this point, just stay updated as things change.
Skeptical Chris
August 18, 2022 at 8:00 am
I got my vaccine, and I was afraid of Monkeypox not just for the danger it can cause, but also for a selfish sense of vanity.
These poxes can cause facial marks that everyone can see. You will literally have your face marked by the pox and it looks frightening.
The shot that they used, didn’t go into the shoulder like covid vaccines, rather in the back of your upperarm, the fleshy part, and quite frankly for me, it was more painful than the covid shots which were just a little more than a pinch.
Romans
August 18, 2022 at 11:19 am
What a load of s**t! Only a vaxed and idiot would believe this crap!
SilverEye
August 18, 2022 at 11:54 am
Grow up.
Ender 98
August 20, 2022 at 3:43 am
Stay in school people, or become small brain.
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August 18, 2022 at 4:20 pm
I like this.,m,.
Sam S
August 18, 2022 at 11:09 pm
I’ve the same reoccurring skin condition for years that I get every summer but great now I’m paranoid it’s monkey pox
Kitts L
August 18, 2022 at 11:12 pm
I note all the videos of people doing something that can transmit it, but the majority of the people getting it this time are LGBQ+. Nnot sure what to make of this?
Think3r
August 20, 2022 at 8:18 pm
It’s partially new waters right now. We’re trying to figure out this new clade of the virus while at the same time looking at how past ones have been transmitted. It is clear though that monkeypox can be transmitted in a variety of ways but some demographic populations seem to have more infections than others.
AshesOfTheKing
August 18, 2022 at 11:26 pm
Only US and EU?
Really?
AFD MKD
August 20, 2022 at 1:38 pm
Not the EU, but Europe
Armaan
August 19, 2022 at 4:59 am
It’s funny how nature keeps trying to eliminate unnatural behaviors 🤢🤮
TenNine D
August 21, 2022 at 4:26 am
?
Federico Leguizamon
August 19, 2022 at 4:13 pm
Oh we’re saying pregnant people now…. got it.
Good video, though
Snaker510
August 19, 2022 at 6:53 pm
I’d probably try popping them 😭😭
Sub if you hate Tik Tok and Twitter
August 20, 2022 at 12:42 am
This is really more of a 🏳🌈 issue
MIMIC8801
August 20, 2022 at 5:20 pm
Don’t kiss a person with monkeypox? Wow. That’s some golden advice right there
Lyner Rivia
August 20, 2022 at 6:21 pm
GeyFox
Carlo Gomez
August 20, 2022 at 6:56 pm
Monkeypox is an std. Why isn’t the expert talking about the primary cause of spread? 🤦♀️
Lori86
August 20, 2022 at 7:40 pm
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. ♥️
– John 3:16-17
professional
August 20, 2022 at 8:40 pm
I have #pride in my pox
Kelvin Midul
August 21, 2022 at 2:56 am
IGS:IT THE RODENT NOT THE MONKEY NOT THE RODENT*cassualy dies by a rodent*
Alisha Tate79
August 21, 2022 at 5:24 am
Why df is it so many bots in this comment section?
xxx13
August 21, 2022 at 5:53 am
F*9 disease. Just dont be f*9.
Casey McLean
August 21, 2022 at 7:11 am
Who is going to address the elephant in the room?
霍大鹏
August 21, 2022 at 10:06 am
anglo poxon
lee67
August 21, 2022 at 11:39 am
So – it also should be classed an as an STI, and the information on groups affected is clearly showing a dramatic difference in the LGBT+ community as opposed to heterosexuals. And that doesn’t fit the narrative does it. It was a good thing that when Aids was discovered the woke were not here – how many more people would have died at the alter of agenda politics and hiding the facts.
Tres Quarto
August 21, 2022 at 11:46 am
Best Q&A and explanation to date!🤓
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August 24, 2022 at 1:10 am
Nah other good q & a are there on YT especially Dr Mike’s videos.
AniShia
August 21, 2022 at 4:41 pm
Are people with excoriation disorder at greater risk of infection?
Austin2tall97
August 21, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Boring🥱
MzStompyFeet
August 21, 2022 at 8:50 pm
It’s an STD.
z DOC
August 22, 2022 at 4:25 am
Fun fact: Johns Hopkins has announced its officially an STD. 👍
A
August 22, 2022 at 5:39 am
Someone described it as looking like cheerios and now i have trouble eating my cheerios without thinking of monkeypox lol
YME
August 22, 2022 at 10:51 am
a fvg disease
Bill Gates Senior
August 22, 2022 at 1:18 pm
Dr. House
August 22, 2022 at 9:25 pm
Notice how she said US and Europe. The two places with the most 🏳️🌈.
Enrico
August 23, 2022 at 3:02 am
Its the fruity disease.
Fish40
August 23, 2022 at 3:14 am
I’m a virgin so there’s no way for me to get this disease.
AfroSamurai215
August 25, 2022 at 2:06 am
🤦🏾♂️
uLySse_
August 25, 2022 at 11:03 am
Did you even watch the video lol
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August 23, 2022 at 9:45 am
I like this.
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V Gabur
August 24, 2022 at 3:10 am
I had my first dose vaccine a week ago ..I would say go to your local std clinic where I live it is very hard to get there is a wait list. I am pretty sure it is like that everywhere it is scary Because it is spreading like crazy! and not enough vaccines given out is a shame.
N
August 24, 2022 at 9:30 am
Pregnant people she said not women! 🤣.., these people r a bunch of lunatics! 😂
sane man
August 24, 2022 at 10:09 am
Let’s have a pride monkey pox month.
bluntly honest
August 25, 2022 at 10:52 am
Pregnant people? That would be…. Women…🙄
Mary Rose Kent
August 26, 2022 at 3:16 am
I had chickenpox when I was six weeks old…am I immune?
Mary Rose Kent
August 26, 2022 at 3:25 am
I had a smallpox shot as a child and had chickenpox at six weeks; I assume I’m covered.
James Madison
August 27, 2022 at 4:48 am
When you commit unnatural acts against Mother Nature and immoral acts against GOD . What on earth do you think the results will be .
Rudra Sharma
August 27, 2022 at 3:42 pm
My big bro got monkey pox and then he took a covid to his lungs.
blair insertlastnamehere
August 28, 2022 at 6:07 am
I greatly appreciate the images of different skin tones with the bumbs 🙏
Aric 3Gunner
August 28, 2022 at 5:49 pm
M M
August 29, 2022 at 3:34 am
It’s the medical term for sperm burn
Portland Local
August 31, 2022 at 5:23 am
They’re not gonna take it serious. I’m not gonna take it serious
Subwoofer
August 31, 2022 at 7:58 am
“Pregnant People” 😭😭
Jan J
September 2, 2022 at 11:40 pm
If you have trypophobia, when those pox burst leaving a bunch of holes in your skin is going to be terrifying 😲
Jan J
September 2, 2022 at 11:45 pm
What’s up w all the repeated comments🤔