[rayiner]

> Our findings contribute to a growing body of literature which suggests school-based mask mandates have limited to no impact on the case rates of COVID-19 among K-12 students.

I’m glad that public health officials are actually doing this research and publishing these conclusions. Maybe I’ve gotten cynical, but I was worried that there would be limited retrospection about positions taken during the pandemic given the political sensitivities.

[indymike]

> Maybe I’ve gotten cynical, but I was worried that there would be limited retrospection about positions taken during the pandemic given the political sensitivities.

Hopefully we learn from our mistakes and are better prepared for the next pandemic.

[me_me_me]

> Hopefully we learn from our mistakes and are better prepared for the next pandemic.

Hehe, that's a great joke to start monday with

[barry-cotter]

That was a good laugh. Thanks.

[IAmGraydon]

Monkeypox is now at 10,000 cases worldwide with a growth rate of 12% per day and we're seeing the same lagged response as we did with Covid. We've learned nothing.

[collegeburner]

It is almost entirely in populations of men who have sex with many male partners in western countries. It is much easier to reduce number of partners and be monogamous for a while (basically removes risk of monkeypox) than lock down everything (needed to remove most risk of covid).

[dragonwriter]

> It is almost entirely in populations of men who have sex with many male partners in western countries

That's in part because health authorities are using being in that demographic as a major factor (and in some cases, a mandatory criteria, even if a very clear symptom pattern is present) for getting tested. They've literally made a decision to avoid/minimize seeing it outside of that demographic.

[amluto]

Is it? I can’t find much real data, and, at least in the US, monkeypox surveillance appears to be at least as poor as COVID surveillance early in the pandemic.

[collegeburner]

The french health authority is suggesting they should be vaxxed along with sex workers and some trans people: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...

They based the decision on data showing that almost all cases involve that demographic.

[amluto]

Is there near term availability of enough doses of a nice vaccine (e.g. MVA-BN/Imvanex/Jynneos) to vaccinate the entire MSM population?

The US has a large stockpile of ACAM2000, but it is unpleasant, potentially dangerous, and has at least a mild FDA warning for use in patients with HIV.

[gruez]

>Monkeypox is now at 10,000 cases worldwide with a growth rate of 12% per day

Unless there's some additional context to this the figure of "12% per day" doesn't tell me much. Is this better or worse than covid? How does it compare to other endemic infections like the flu? Without knowing how bad the spread rate is, it's hard to know whether "the same lagged response" is justified or not.

[indymike]

> We've learned nothing.

I'm not sure. The vaccine situation is much better than COVID. It's still really scary, and I hope we can get it under control soon.

[timbit42]

I find it interesting the US is talking about the value, or lack thereof, of mask use among K-12 students.

In my country, the concern wasn't transmission among K-12 students, who are at lower risk, but instead, transmission from K-12 students to adults who were at higher risk of hospitalization and/or death.