Gay dating app Grindr has sent messages to its users in Europe warning them about the monkey disease, whose current outbreak has been linked by health authorities to LGBTQ activities across the continent.
Grindr, one of the world’s largest dating apps, has sent a warning to its European users, warning them of the spread of the monkeypox virus.
The company also cites an infected person, detailing some of the signs and symptoms of the disease, as well as how it spreads through human-to-human contact, as well as contact with “clothes, bed linen, or sex toys.” reported today. It also prepares a similar message to its users in America.
According to the report TelegramA “significant proportion” of people who contracted the virus during the most recent outbreak were “men who have sex with other men,” which the World Health Organization reports has linked the outbreak to “risky sexual behavior.” in Belgium and Spain.
Expected to tackle the epidemic, Grindr’s message, sent in 13 different languages, advised its user base, mostly “strange” people, to contact local health authorities, such as NHS social health services for people living in Great Britain. .
British authorities are currently conducting contact tracing for known cases, and a vaccine is available for those who do not yet show symptoms, which can take up to three weeks to develop.
Belgium quarantines four detected cases of monkeypoxhttps://t.co/nMg5dtv4Tw
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While there is no known cure for the disease when symptoms appear, the virus, considered endemic to parts of Africa, usually causes only mild illness and usually disappears in 6 to 13 days.
However, this disease poses a great risk for children and can sometimes lead to serious illness.
At the time of writing, there are 79 cases reported in the UK, while Wales and Northern Ireland confirmed their first reported cases on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control reported 118 confirmed cases of the virus in the European Union on Wednesday.
The organization said yesterday that there are 219 cases reported worldwide in countries where monkeypox is not considered endemic.
“The clinical picture is generally described as mild and most cases show genital or perigenital lesions, suggesting that transmission occurs during close physical contact during sexual intercourse,” the organization said. He said it was still death.
“This is the first time that chains of transmission have been reported in Europe with no known epidemiological link to West or Central Africa,” the organization continued. “These are also the first cases reported in the world. [gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men]”.
Source: Breitbart
