What is monkeypox and should we be concerned with its spread? Keith Armitage, MD, infectious disease physician and Medical Director, UH Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine & Global Health explains what you need to know.
0:00 Monkeypox is a relative of smallpox
0:16 How it spreads compared to COVID-19
0:43 Impact of the smallpox vaccine
0:57 Monkeypox vaccine
1:14 Despite recent spread, monkeypox is not likely to become a pandemic
1:28 What to do if you contract monkeypox
2:26 What to do if you were exposed to monkeypox
2:34 Comparison to smallpox eradication
3:07 Epidemiologists other concerns
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