The Truth Behind Monkeypox

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  • Is Monkeypox truly as dangerous as the media says? The current human monkeypox outbreak has left many feeling uneasy about the potential of another pandemic. Whether it's fact or fiction, we'll show you what we know about Monkeypox in this new episode of SciShow!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 745

  • @SciShow
    @SciShow  Рік тому +52

    Head to complexlycalendars.com/products/scishow to buy your 2023 SciShow calendar today!

    • @Asguard82
      @Asguard82 Рік тому

      Shouldn’t you have called it a “pi chart” :p

    • @honeheke4554
      @honeheke4554 Рік тому

      Misinformation can be classified as "lying by omission". Why have scientists/doctors informing the public about monkeypox left out specific details about how the monkeypox virus spreads? Science commentators were very specific when explaining the spread of covid through droplets from the mouth, which causes respiratory illness. Why are scientists suddenly so squeamish about the specific nature of exchanging other body fluids in homosexual acts that is prevalent in male to male sex? It's not as if everyone else stopped having sex. Explain why male to male sex is esp. prone to transmitting and catching monkeypox. Why not be scientifically objective instead of worrying about the subjective response?

    • @honeheke4554
      @honeheke4554 Рік тому +1

      It was so hard to find the CDC info explaining the very specific sex act irritating pustules that leads to the transmission of monkeypox. It's even rarer to hear anyone inform the public with this very valuable info, because science commentators always instead offer VAGUE warnings.

    • @matthewnelson325
      @matthewnelson325 Рік тому

      When you call to make an appointment to receive the monkeypox immunization they say in order to meet they’re criteria you either have to be an man that has sex with other men Or have multiple sex partners ... According to "SciShow" you can contract monkeypox by simply touching something an infected person made contact with ! : (

    • @joanfregapane8683
      @joanfregapane8683 Рік тому

      I received my Complexly Moons calendar recently, and it’s marvelous.

  • @just__ryan_
    @just__ryan_ Рік тому +541

    These deep dives on current topics are peak SciShow. Thanks Hank and the whole SciShow team!

  • @SnakeAndTurtleQigong
    @SnakeAndTurtleQigong Рік тому +119

    I vote for “Interspecies Human OrthoPox” 🥞 (IHOP) 🥞

    • @Inflec
      @Inflec Рік тому +13

      I think the pancake franchise would vigorously disagree. Remember a certain weight loss product called "Ayds"?

    • @stephanieparker1250
      @stephanieparker1250 Рік тому +3

      Lol oops

    • @toxicstarcandy
      @toxicstarcandy Рік тому +6

      ​@@Inflec Carona the beer seems to be doing ok...I think

    • @fannyalbi9040
      @fannyalbi9040 Рік тому +4

      it sounds very beery, i like it

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585 Рік тому +1

      @@Inflec yea but that was before that…disease was discovered so it wasn’t their fault.

  • @yakarotsennin3115
    @yakarotsennin3115 Рік тому +413

    I love it when Scishow covers current pressing issues while combating any misinformation that has popped up.

    • @spiderpickle3255
      @spiderpickle3255 Рік тому +12

      Judging by the comments so far, Hank nailed the misinfo right between the eyes.

    • @dweebicusmaximus
      @dweebicusmaximus Рік тому +26

      Yeah. Makes a lot of bigots real uncomfortable though, poor them

    • @Ta2dwitetrash
      @Ta2dwitetrash Рік тому +2

      Pressing issue?

    • @nathanandsugar5252
      @nathanandsugar5252 Рік тому +1

      @@dweebicusmaximus When they learn the “monkey” in monkeypox refers to actual monkeys.

    • @HIFLY01
      @HIFLY01 Рік тому

      @@dweebicusmaximus I think you've spent way too much time on Twitter and are trying to get your woke points. It was called monkey pox because it was discovered in monkeys. Nothing about that is racist but if you think otherwise you have tunnel vision 👍

  • @rpaiz87
    @rpaiz87 Рік тому +200

    This needs to be shared in all communities and education institutions

    • @fakenews7266
      @fakenews7266 Рік тому +3

      @The Canadian 😂

    • @jessl1934
      @jessl1934 Рік тому

      I've had COVID 3 times now and even I am scared of monkeyplops. That should tell you how big of a deal this virus is!!

    • @guillermoelnino
      @guillermoelnino Рік тому +1

      @The Canadian well, better not go to any g ay org ies between now and then :D

    • @EA-tc6kb
      @EA-tc6kb Рік тому

      @@guillermoelnino What the difference between a regular orgy?

  • @markedis5902
    @markedis5902 Рік тому +168

    This is one where I’m happy to be old. I had the smallpox vaccination which, protects from monkey pox too. The uk stopped smallpox vaccination in 1971 so if you’re British and over 50 you’re probably ok

    • @jayceewedmak9524
      @jayceewedmak9524 Рік тому +29

      I'm 67 and had the smallpox vaccine. My doctor said as we age anything we had when we were 3months - 6 years old are fairly irrelevant now. Can do a titre test to see what protection is left but not really worth it. Just like our age group should have a Shingrex shot. Edited to say I'm in Canada 🇨🇦

    • @lenabreijer1311
      @lenabreijer1311 Рік тому +25

      @@jayceewedmak9524 from what I read, smallpox vaccine will still be half as effective after 75 years. Each vaccine is different. If we were talking tetanus then yes it is 10 years and you need a booster before you rip down the hen house or go on a picnic (a coworker got it on a picnic when he stepped on something, you don't want to catch tetanus it is much worse then monkey pox).

    • @mradhayuda1
      @mradhayuda1 Рік тому +12

      Or live in south east asian. We still give smallpox vaccine

    • @jayceewedmak9524
      @jayceewedmak9524 Рік тому +5

      @@lenabreijer1311 just got my tetanus again a couple of years back - rusty nail and hammer - stupid move.

    • @MD.Akib_Al_Azad
      @MD.Akib_Al_Azad Рік тому +1

      Is it similar to chickenpox? I had it when i was 6 and it's a virus with pox in it’s name.

  • @johne.coughlan6824
    @johne.coughlan6824 Рік тому +50

    So far I heard of some dogs getting it from their owners, and a two month old baby having it. Testing seems to be skewed to certain populations and not tested for weeks in others.

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al Рік тому +24

      I have heard women are undertested because their concerns get dismissed too easily, like usual.

    • @danparish1344
      @danparish1344 Рік тому

      Dismissed? Skewed? If it was skewed because some doctors were sexist or something like you’re implying, it wouldn’t be 98.5% male, it would be like 45/55 instead of 50/50. “Men mostly affected by disease, because: patriarchy“ - just take the win.

    • @guillermoelnino
      @guillermoelnino Рік тому

      and guess what, in both of those instances it was because they were mo lest ed by their ga y owners/caretakers.

  • @pedroff_1
    @pedroff_1 Рік тому +201

    Loved the amount of nuance and sensibility this video had addressing the issue. Hank unsurprisingly doesn't disappoint

    • @RyRy2057
      @RyRy2057 Рік тому +12

      totally agreed! my only criticism is in the beginning when they say "it's been found in the United States, Canada, Australia, and parts of Europe", which seems to contribute to the general trend of viewing only the First World as the whole globe, or that the entire Third World is one country. I would have liked to learn where it had spread in, say, South Asia or Latin America, for example, considering that it definitely has spread there for the first time ever (but I had to google in order to find that out). I understand that they _did_ show a map at the time, but still it seems indicative of some Western bias to word it that way.

  • @tylerhiggins8172
    @tylerhiggins8172 Рік тому +56

    I'm grateful to you guys for the straightforward and fearless way you addressed this, using language that could be perceived as charged I'm an intentionally uncharged way.
    Please keep it up. I love you guys as a source of information and knowledge.

  • @SoManyRandomRamblings
    @SoManyRandomRamblings Рік тому +39

    As someone who has always been interested in virology, the stigmatization of disease victims has always hurt humanity and helped the disease spread. History has lots of proof of this.

    • @luism8612
      @luism8612 Рік тому +1

      History sadly often repeats itself but that does not mean we can learn from it!

  • @swanky147
    @swanky147 Рік тому +43

    As an MSM in an area with major mpox concerns, I greatly appreciate how you handled that topic in the video.

    • @dvklaveren
      @dvklaveren Рік тому

      I have tried Google for MSM, but I mostly get back MainStream Media. What is an MSM?

    • @guillermoelnino
      @guillermoelnino Рік тому

      @@dvklaveren no you got it right. that's the acronym we use

    • @sophierobinson2738
      @sophierobinson2738 Рік тому +1

      @@dvklaveren You didn’t watch the video all the way through, did you?

    • @dvklaveren
      @dvklaveren Рік тому +1

      @@sophierobinson2738 No, I did. I must have just missed it.

    • @HotTakeAndy
      @HotTakeAndy Рік тому +2

      @@dvklaveren 11:43 explains it

  • @Huebz
    @Huebz Рік тому +64

    Great video as always! Though I do find the phrasing that in the HIV/AIDS crisis, homophobia “led to neglect and stigmatization”…simply because that’s a massive understatement. Homophobia led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and that should always be made clear.

    • @smurfyday
      @smurfyday Рік тому

      The Reagans let people like Queen die when they could've helped. They were guilty of at least manslaughter.

    • @RobinTheBot
      @RobinTheBot Рік тому +3

      This.

    • @GratiaCountryman
      @GratiaCountryman Рік тому +2

      💯

  • @l.mcmanus3983
    @l.mcmanus3983 Рік тому +16

    Pox viruses are fascinating. They have particularly large genomes, if I recall correctly. I also remember hearing (15+ years ago mind you) about research into using a gutted pox virus as a DNA vector in human. The professor talked then about how one drawback was that there were still people who had been vaccinated for smallpox which would limits its use.

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Рік тому +27

    Hank is simply masterful at discussing matters of sex with care and honesty. Bravo.

  • @thetacoguyy
    @thetacoguyy Рік тому +28

    As someone with a compromised immune system, these are the type of issues that make me glad I am introverted. Please be safe out there.

    • @sophierobinson2738
      @sophierobinson2738 Рік тому +4

      @@guillermoelnino Don’t go to ANY orgies. You never know where those other people have been.

    • @tammymavery
      @tammymavery Рік тому

      @@sophierobinson2738 it’s not an STD

    • @sophierobinson2738
      @sophierobinson2738 Рік тому +3

      @@tammymavery *sigh* I'm totally aware of that. But you are far more likely to catch any number of things if you insist on rubbing your naked body against a bunch of other naked bodies, some of whom you may never have met. And, ewww.

    • @UsenameTakenWasTaken
      @UsenameTakenWasTaken Рік тому

      @@guillermoelnino
      You know it's spreading from any form of physical closeness, so why are you singling out that specific form of it?
      Seriously, what is wrong with you people?

  • @paxdriver
    @paxdriver Рік тому +186

    Even without simean pox, scishow should do more sex Ed just generally. You do such a great job if communicating hank, I can't believe how much information you can pack into such short videos. It's truly a remarkable public good this channel is offering the world.
    I'm gonna check out that pi calendar

    • @fakenews7266
      @fakenews7266 Рік тому +1

      You said "PACK" 😂

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee Рік тому +5

      complexly already does @sexplanations

    • @oblivionpro69
      @oblivionpro69 Рік тому +4

      He does a good job of tiptoeing around actually speaking truths that might offend those who are woke

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee Рік тому +15

      @@oblivionpro69 you sound pretty offended yourself

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough Рік тому +13

      In an ideal world, nobody would need to get their sex ed from UA-cam... but I'm really glad they do this stuff because we _do not_ live in an ideal world and they do a great job

  • @boc120
    @boc120 Рік тому +53

    Thanks Hank and SciShow team. Great video and very well handled!

  • @consentclub614
    @consentclub614 Рік тому +41

    The way people consistently react to cases going down with "cool, time to go back to normal" is exactly why we're STILL in this position in 2022. Seriously, now we have to worry about covid, monkeypox, AND ebola again. All because the almighty economy matters more than protecting human lives.

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 Рік тому +13

      The same kind of people that stop taking medicine before the full series, because, "I feel better, so I don't need it anymore."

    • @Tinyvalkyrie410
      @Tinyvalkyrie410 Рік тому +8

      While I mostly agree, it’s important to recognize that both the economy and socializing can also be critical to people’s lives. During lockdowns a lot of other kinds of deaths increased as well.

  • @WilhelmDrake
    @WilhelmDrake Рік тому +6

    Drug companies do things to make profit.
    They have a fiduciary obligation to do so.
    Expecting them to do something different is insane.
    Governments are supposed to act in the interest of their citizens.

  • @dangerkayutak2032
    @dangerkayutak2032 Рік тому +10

    Thank you for your clear and precise explanation. It is, as always, a breath of fresh air.

  • @avaboaudione
    @avaboaudione Рік тому +9

    Penile swelling and rectal pain should be enough to get everyone on high alert.

    • @ashleydolin4292
      @ashleydolin4292 Рік тому +5

      I don't have sex with other men. I'll be fine.

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli Рік тому +42

    I'm going with "human pox" since we eliminated our own special orthopoxvirus a few years ago.

    • @kremepye3613
      @kremepye3613 Рік тому

      Or Homopox

    • @ketacet11
      @ketacet11 Рік тому +4

      people pox

    • @kremepye3613
      @kremepye3613 Рік тому

      PoofterPox

    • @ilajoie3
      @ilajoie3 Рік тому +3

      Variola is still around, it's kept by the US and Russia because cold war reasons

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli Рік тому +9

      @@ilajoie3 There are also preserved specimens in the infectious diseases vault in case it's needed for research. But any hypothetical release would be met with vaccination fencing, so it's not practical. By the same "Cold War reasons", all US troops servings overseas are vaccinated for it and NATO and the Russian dictatorship both have vaccine stockpiles.

  • @StonedtotheBones13
    @StonedtotheBones13 Рік тому +11

    Thank you for unbiased info and for endeavoring to make sure that no one is made to feel bad for possibly having the virus, and that equity is addressed

  • @theplaylab9336
    @theplaylab9336 Рік тому +5

    Imagine this current generation trying to eradicate Smallpox with Infowars and Fox News just sowing distrust constantly?

  • @jarislamecc
    @jarislamecc Рік тому +5

    You guys at scishow make everything so interesting. Also, I love the longer videos. I am proud my attention span is longer than 5 minutes

  • @Hi_Im_Akward
    @Hi_Im_Akward Рік тому +25

    I'm happy you simultaneously juggle the current terminology and the social issues and impacts with the way we name the viruses.

  • @ethan-loves
    @ethan-loves Рік тому +9

    What a phenomenal video. Extremely well done to everyone involved.

  • @adamhbiggs
    @adamhbiggs Рік тому +9

    Wonderful writing. I found the reporting sincere. Thanks to the whole scishow team.

  • @joanhuffman2166
    @joanhuffman2166 Рік тому +7

    It seems that many diseases can take advantage of having large numbers of sexual contacts, even when the disease is not exclusively spread by sexual contact.

  • @AuroraSilverFox
    @AuroraSilverFox Рік тому +8

    Fantastic, timely welcome and needed frankness about our current events. Thank you for mentioning the echos of how poorly the aids epidemic was handled in the 80s.

  • @daniellehaythorne7949
    @daniellehaythorne7949 Рік тому +1

    The overall quality of this channel is consistently excellent. This video’s script is especially good.

  • @annw7843
    @annw7843 Рік тому +12

    Love the level of detail you went into!

  • @NotreDanish
    @NotreDanish Рік тому +8

    It’s more like a Mammalpox then a Monkeypox, as it seems to be a rather generalized virus in terms of target hosts

    • @NotreDanish
      @NotreDanish Рік тому

      Another name alternative is HS Orthopox (just shorten the human-simian part)

  • @NineteenNinetyFork
    @NineteenNinetyFork Рік тому +11

    Seriously fantastic job, Hank.

  • @joeshmoe8345
    @joeshmoe8345 Рік тому +18

    I legitimately believe y’all deserve a Nobel prize for objectively, openly, and appropriately sharing facts *everyday. Thanks.

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee Рік тому +6

      Nobel prize is for science, SciShow is more science communication/science journalism. I'm sure their are awards for that too.

    • @ashleydolin4292
      @ashleydolin4292 Рік тому

      I legitimately believe you deserve a dunce award. It comes with a funny hat.

    • @bethypeffy
      @bethypeffy Рік тому +1

      I feel like they could definitely win like Nobel Prize in Communication. No, they're not doing research, but it's still exceptionally well done work.

    • @Jo-tv6sj
      @Jo-tv6sj Рік тому +2

      They might not be eligible for a Nobel, but just checked the criteria for the Pulitzer Price and I'm pretty sure their content is eligible.

    • @ashleydolin4292
      @ashleydolin4292 Рік тому

      @@Jo-tv6sj you'd be correct

  • @LEDewey_MD
    @LEDewey_MD Рік тому +9

    Whoa!! Another phenomenal SciShow episode that packs an enormous amount of information and thinking into an unbelievably short time frame. You go, SciShow!! :D

  • @seahorse2
    @seahorse2 Рік тому +8

    Thank you Hank. Missed you, as you don't pop up in my feed. Good info to know, and also grateful 'off label' smallpox vaccine protects against monkeypox.

  • @williamputnam281
    @williamputnam281 Рік тому +2

    Awesome job writing this episode dealing adeptly with touchy topics and fuzzy/unclear science

  • @michaelmurphy1254
    @michaelmurphy1254 Рік тому +5

    Wonderful source if information, thank you.

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos99 Рік тому +10

    Thanks for breaking it down for us, Hank! I'm just curious if older folks, like me, who received the smallpox vaccine might have some immunity to hMPX. I know the scientists have said for a while that our vaccines prolly aren't good any more, just wondering if that's something that can be tested, for antibodies or such (like they can check for COVID antibodies).

    • @jendubay3782
      @jendubay3782 Рік тому +7

      Iirc, it has a half life of about 75 years. So probably half effective for you

    • @Findecommie
      @Findecommie Рік тому

      @@jendubay3782 The test you're asking about is called a titer (in this case a smallpox titer) and it does exist, but it's fairly resource intensive and most labs don't do them - I needed a rabies titer for work and it had to be sent several states away from where I lived at the time. Given the ongoing capacity crisis in healthcare it would probably be much easier to get a booster shot if you're at risk or very anxious about it

  • @mariaceliawider9223
    @mariaceliawider9223 Рік тому +8

    Great video! Thanks

  • @Halliwell0Rain
    @Halliwell0Rain Рік тому +2

    Homosexual men are also more likely to get regularly tested and see a doctor when issues arise because of what happened with HIV

  • @terryhollands2794
    @terryhollands2794 Рік тому +2

    I wonder if there is a connection between swelling in one "area " and pain in the "area " ?

  • @jasonburguess
    @jasonburguess Рік тому +4

    Poxie McPoxface is the best name for this

  • @normzemke7824
    @normzemke7824 Рік тому +2

    It seems to me that human monkeypox is not such a big deal compared to COVID or HIV. Its mortality rate is low and a few simply safety precautions grants a person a good deal of protection. So why all the hype? Yes, people need to learn about it, but, no, we don't have to obsess about it.

  • @fenixkillzem1181
    @fenixkillzem1181 29 днів тому +9

    Who’s here after they declared it a global health emergency

  • @Grummash
    @Grummash Рік тому +16

    Excellent video! Full and frank coverage without any sensationalism. 👏👏👏👏

    • @emmettturner9452
      @emmettturner9452 Рік тому

      No mention of how HIV can cause cause other long-term asymptomatic viral infections that mutate rapidly due to a compromised immune system that can’t adapt fast enough. This can -allow- [drive] rapid adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 or Monkeypox within a single untreated HIV-positive individual, even for a DNA-based virus. No mention of that but plenty of talk about stigmatizing leads me to conclude that they are more concerned about stigmatizing… which means they aren’t being frank enough.

    • @CarlytheWolf23
      @CarlytheWolf23 Рік тому +2

      @@emmettturner9452 I'm sure they'd cover that in a video that go's over HIV and AIDS information, but I can see what you mean about it, as it would be incredibly useful information to have about the subject.

  • @ZappaBlues
    @ZappaBlues Рік тому +6

    the most comprehensive and clear (scientifically and socially) coverage on this topic out there, 👍👍👍

    • @guillermoelnino
      @guillermoelnino Рік тому

      It's just a shame we didn't have this video in June (I wonder why) :D

  • @indib777
    @indib777 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this! As someone who's had a lot happen (mostly bad sadly) due to the COVID pandemic, having science/a scientist reassure the fact that vaccination efforts are not always equitable and that public health officials globally are doing something about it together means a lot!

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke Рік тому +6

    Given the pox is spread through intimate contact, I feel I'm quite safe from it, haven't had so much as a hug in over 16 years from any form of lover, not by choice, I'm just not wanted... :P

  • @Dee-jp7ek
    @Dee-jp7ek Рік тому +6

    Great video 👍

  • @roxyamused
    @roxyamused Рік тому +13

    Bath houses are wild petrie dishes, or so I've heard. I've definitely never been to one. I've never done crystal and prowled grinder either. Or so I say in mixed company unprompted.

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo Рік тому +30

    hank is a youtube hero

  • @captainschwuggi2273
    @captainschwuggi2273 Рік тому +3

    Hey SciShow Collectiv
    Thanks for your great work
    would be great if you guys could leave time tags/marks with the cited articles
    take care
    peace yall

  • @KnightRaymund
    @KnightRaymund Рік тому +6

    So the candidates for a new name... still contain the name monkeypox? We're just making it longer?

  • @pfrNoBeanSprouts
    @pfrNoBeanSprouts Рік тому +11

    I love how much time this show takes to debunk myths ❤

  • @Barbacito
    @Barbacito Рік тому +2

    What is the actual state of Moderna's HIV vaccine? Is progress being made? can you make a video about this? I am waiting LONG TIME!

  • @IIITheDeadGamerIII
    @IIITheDeadGamerIII Рік тому +5

    Maybe this could have been prevented by... I don't know... building a vaccine for the human-monkey-pox virus to give to affected African countries. I don't know... just a thought.

    • @thhseeking
      @thhseeking 20 днів тому

      Too many people like my Dad who doesn't care about African countries :(

  • @gowzahr
    @gowzahr Рік тому +2

    Who made the objectively wrong decision to call it clade 2b and clade 2a instead of clade 2b and clade not 2b?

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd7639 Рік тому +3

    thanks for the info

  • @sophierobinson2738
    @sophierobinson2738 Рік тому +1

    Are there any long-term effects from the pox, other than scarring from the lesions? At age 69, I can recall seeing people with smallpox scars on their faces, and one who had been blinded by smallpox.

    • @Findecommie
      @Findecommie Рік тому

      According to the infosheet I got with my vaccine possible complications of monkeypox include pneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, blindness, miscarriage, perinatal transmission, and death. Severe complications are, as of now, much less common than with smallpox though

  • @lakrids-pibe
    @lakrids-pibe Рік тому +11

    Let's call it *Danish Pastry Pox!*
    (No, let's not. Hello from Denmark)

  • @terransage8857
    @terransage8857 Рік тому +6

    I wish public health authorities would issue guidelines for the hospitality industry motel cleaning, but that might get in the way of business and would primarily benefit poor people, so they won’t

  • @MontgomeryWenis
    @MontgomeryWenis Рік тому +28

    Love the stock video of a person filling a syringe from a bottle very clearly labeled *Monkeypox Vaccine* instead of, ya know, the actual name of the medication. 😂

    • @joseabarzua8831
      @joseabarzua8831 Рік тому +7

      It's stock footage, and it's a descriptive name, what's the issue? Lol

    • @MontgomeryWenis
      @MontgomeryWenis Рік тому +12

      @@joseabarzua8831 It's comically inaccurate.

    • @clownpendotfart
      @clownpendotfart Рік тому +8

      It's tricky using a brand name without having asked for permission first.

  • @phantomevil3025
    @phantomevil3025 Рік тому +21

    This video would had been great months ago. Better late than never. Thank you!

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 Рік тому

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @backpackingcarlie1487
    @backpackingcarlie1487 Рік тому +3

    When I was in high school, I memorized 109 digits of pi. Just for fun. Not sure why I stopped 🤔 so maybe I'll buy myself this calendar for my next birthday 😁

  • @rob_i208
    @rob_i208 Рік тому +2

    13:00 So we need the full body condoms from The Naked Gun now?

  • @lindseyp6032
    @lindseyp6032 Рік тому

    def using this for one of my lessons - brilliant job sci-show crew

  • @13brightyellow
    @13brightyellow Рік тому +39

    People need to stop trying to make wild animals into pets.

    • @MontgomeryWenis
      @MontgomeryWenis Рік тому +8

      Well I mean, that's the only way pets can exist. 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @GoingtoHecq
      @GoingtoHecq Рік тому +2

      @@MontgomeryWenis at the same time thought it requires such significant amounts of evolution that it takes thousands of years to get a properly domestic animal

    • @mykalkelley8315
      @mykalkelley8315 Рік тому

      Eating them is what caused this, not bestiality

    • @Dee-jp7ek
      @Dee-jp7ek Рік тому +1

      @@GoingtoHecq ya gotta start somewhere

    • @alexanderwinslow3422
      @alexanderwinslow3422 Рік тому +2

      @@GoingtoHecq Not necessarily thousands of years. Soviet (and then Russian) scientists have made huge strides in domesticating silver foxes on the time scale of decades. A long time, but still at least an order of magnitude or two smaller.
      E: grammar

  • @DudeWhoSaysDeez
    @DudeWhoSaysDeez Рік тому +3

    Thanks for giving an unbiased summation

  • @3RAN7ON
    @3RAN7ON Рік тому +6

    So I will no longer grind my body against someone with a bunch of open skin lesions. Got it!

    • @Findecommie
      @Findecommie Рік тому

      The issue is that it's not always obvious especially with the variant driving this outbreak. Some people aren't getting any lesions, or a small number that might be mistaken for, say, acne or razor burn. It's certainly a good idea to keep an eye out for anything alarming on your and your partners' skin but don't assume just because there's no lesions infection is impossible

  • @aarononeal9830
    @aarononeal9830 Рік тому +1

    Sci show needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees

  • @hhwippedcream
    @hhwippedcream Рік тому +1

    Mutation intensification is not surprising giving the global infatuation with international travel - in spite of adequate alternatives to people running around the globe!

  • @carterhicks7441
    @carterhicks7441 Рік тому

    I don't understandy why monkeypox is an emergency. Its not very lethal at all and mutates slowly. Not to mention spreading in a much more difficult way by direct contact and contact with clothing.

  • @nightthought2497
    @nightthought2497 Рік тому +1

    I enjoy the comprehensive nature of this video.

  • @TheAnon26
    @TheAnon26 Рік тому +26

    Good grief the comments on this one are trash... Depressing.

  • @cminor99
    @cminor99 Рік тому

    Thank you for this film. The man was great, but he talked so fast and the material was so hard to keep up with, I don't feel as if I understood much. I gather us old, stay-at-home folk aren't in immediate danger, though, so I appreciate the video.

    • @varyolla435
      @varyolla435 10 місяців тому

      Are you promiscuous with others who similarly sleep around??? - no = then you have little to worry about. Monkeypox is not terribly infectious and requires prolonged close contact to spread. Its recent outbreaks - which have since resolved via vaccination of at risk groups of people where it broke out - was due to above = people who were engaged in high risk sexual behaviors with others of the same ilk.
      So infected people engaged in sex via "clubs" to infect them ------> and they infected others = and so forth. Very rarely family members of infectious people via continuous contact could also contract it. That is what you really need to know.

  • @Leo_Lionhart
    @Leo_Lionhart Рік тому +2

    just call it: iPox, before Apple gets the copyright!!

  • @sabrinasummers4814
    @sabrinasummers4814 Рік тому

    thanks, great info/vid!

  • @managingbusiness141
    @managingbusiness141 Рік тому +1

    Thank you as always

  • @BBryceA
    @BBryceA Рік тому +7

    Completely off topic but I wanted to ask do you have any idea as to why we don't use more thermoelectric power generators or why they don't have as big of a pull as solar? Like there are tons of places that get insanely hot and not like deserts but roofs and anywhere the sun reaches. Side bar, why don't we use them in tandem with solar panels?? Maybe I have no clue how they work but thought it was worth a ask.

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz Рік тому +9

      I believe thermoelectric generators are extremely inefficient, so they can only really provide power for really low-power applications (such as those that would use one of those coin batteries), even when there's a fairly big temperature differential. Not that they wouldn't add up if you had enough of them and enough places with temperature differentials you're willing to bridge, but they're not free to make, so people generally don't find them economical to harvest the tiny amounts of energy they'd capture. I know using the waste heat from watercooling solar panels to preheat things like a hot water system can be useful, though.

  • @joseph7858
    @joseph7858 Рік тому +6

    Thank you very much!!! now I know it‘s not a sexual contracted disease, but more one about close contacts. ☺️

  • @MayorMcC666
    @MayorMcC666 Рік тому +4

    Its interesting every time the disease is mentioned there is 10+ minutes or discussion about homophobia and racism, doesn't seem particularly helpful for eradicating it, who knows.

    • @anna_in_aotearoa3166
      @anna_in_aotearoa3166 Рік тому +4

      Combating common misconceptions that say "only X group is affected" has to be helpful. Misinformation & bias based on prejudice is common in times of pandemic all throughout history, and sometimes you have to tackle that in order to get the basics across.

    • @vinvinvichii
      @vinvinvichii Рік тому

      @@anna_in_aotearoa3166 the thing is… it is only really affecting one group. So saying it’s a misconception is just lying… or dancing around the truth. It’s not helpful. Telling someone they don’t have to worry about something that specifically targets that group of people…that’s harmful. It’s the opposite of what your supposed to do. If your at risk or your the reason it’s being caused in the first place it should be addressed and fixed.

    • @useodyseeorbitchute9450
      @useodyseeorbitchute9450 Рік тому

      Odd... I remember how a while ago spreading hatred against people doing stuff slightly increasing transmission chances (not vaccinated or not wearing mask) was effectively part of public health response. This time we're not longer supposed to do it? Odd.

  • @ursaltydog
    @ursaltydog Рік тому +9

    Could this have lain dormant for that period of time and when people are stressed, both physically and psychologically, the clade reanimated and mutated in order to begin infecting those whose immune system had been attacked by covid?

    • @Fizzypopization
      @Fizzypopization Рік тому

      No. Monkeypox was spreading even during COVID and even before COVID. Climate change is what increases pandemics and viral infections.

    • @cheezers1756
      @cheezers1756 Рік тому

      Poxviruses don’t cause latent infections. When infected, it’s either cleared by your immune system or is symptomatic

  • @HakunaMatata-os1og
    @HakunaMatata-os1og Рік тому +1

    All of this serves to highlight the importance of a sensible approach to vaccines, if we want to eradicate viruses, before they mutate and spread.

  • @timothygreer188
    @timothygreer188 Рік тому +3

    I nominate Bigpox for the new name

    • @kenofken9458
      @kenofken9458 Рік тому +1

      That was already taken. Smallpox was called that to differentiate it from the "great pox", which was syphilis.

    • @Computer-User
      @Computer-User Рік тому +1

      I nominate PettyPox

  • @MrGrombie
    @MrGrombie Рік тому +1

    13:45 My gimp suit says otherwise. 😈

  • @DuffyElmer
    @DuffyElmer Рік тому +13

    Members of the MSM community disproportionately engage in high-risk sexual activity with a relatively large number of partners, which is why this disease is disproportionately found among members of that community. (Incidentally, this is true with HIV as well.)

    • @CL-go2ji
      @CL-go2ji Рік тому +3

      @@ArawnOfAnnwn I think the answer is that WSW (is that the term?) show a far lower tendency to have a large number of partners. On average.

    • @dojoparsnip9905
      @dojoparsnip9905 Рік тому

      cant edit. not from cdc

    • @dojoparsnip9905
      @dojoparsnip9905 Рік тому +4

      @@ArawnOfAnnwn W = women or at least it represents those of the "older nomenclature", tend to NOT be as needy as men. It is said everywhere that men are applauded (although i find it horrendous because i always feared STDs) for their sexual ravenous nature.
      Now if two people have the same mind set to just go for the deed rather than going into a relationship and get anything meaningful, then you would probably just let loose with like minded people. Men are likely to "stick it" in any receptacle. Hence the regions discussed in the video. Although Hank really leans on skin-to-skin contact, the numbers are not showing that as of late. 95% plus or minus ~3% is men infected. Somehow related and very close to events that are high in "L'G'BTQ+" promiscuity.
      W's on the other hand, dont have a thing to "stick in" anything. Also W's seem more hygenic and have a self cleaning organ down there.
      Last but not least, M's have no consequences if it is not a "birthing person". I still like hank, he just fell on the side of feelings more with this one.

    • @consentclub614
      @consentclub614 Рік тому +3

      This isn't true. If anything, the high detection rate in marginalized communities has more to do with the history of needing to test often and protect our own communities, because governments won't. History is a flat circle.

    • @robertmcauslan6191
      @robertmcauslan6191 Рік тому +5

      Or, hear me out, a community that routinely tests for STIs in order to not transmit disease, might, just might appear to be a higher rate because, you know, they are getting tested for stuff. I mean my city, the smallest in the union, has 4 heterosexual swingers clubs. Not to mention numerous weekly house parties.

  • @DragonOfTheSkies
    @DragonOfTheSkies Рік тому +18

    This is very interesting and informational, but my ADHD is compelling me to make a Hank Green soundboard using audio clips from this video. Why? Because my sense of humor is stuck at age 12 😂

  • @axolotl5327
    @axolotl5327 Рік тому +4

    So much for SciShow. You get the gold for political correctness.

  • @juanpedrolardet2088
    @juanpedrolardet2088 Рік тому

    Detail! Amazing! 👏👏👏👏

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 Рік тому

    Great information.

  • @esteb6544
    @esteb6544 Рік тому

    Great summary!

  • @PixieMermaid-fz9rt
    @PixieMermaid-fz9rt Рік тому

    Probably the most interesting thing I learned on this video is that pet shops sell prairie dogs 😶

  • @RaisonLychi
    @RaisonLychi Рік тому

    They stopped adding smallpox to the childhood vaccination routine in Canada 1972.
    I doesn't even seem to be offered unless someone had a similarly related virus.

  • @goranjosic
    @goranjosic Рік тому +5

    When we talk about hypersensitivity... They change the name of the disease 🙄🤣

  • @drewharrison6433
    @drewharrison6433 Рік тому +3

    I'm not in any danger I guess. Dunno if that's bragging or complaining, though. Just saying, no one touches me... 💩

    • @CL-go2ji
      @CL-go2ji Рік тому

      Sorry ... good luck with that.

  • @eliscerebralrecyclingbin7812

    Wow, thanks !

  • @TheDevian
    @TheDevian Рік тому +4

    Monkeypox works, since we are all (old world) monkeys, but now all I can think of is Christopher Walken saying, "Talking monkey!", from that movie where he played an angel.

    • @jendubay3782
      @jendubay3782 Рік тому

      We're not monkeys. If anything, we're apes

    • @TheDevian
      @TheDevian Рік тому

      @@jendubay3782 There are new world monkeys, which we are not, but apes, and all other primates, are old world monkeys, including us. So, yes, we are monkeys. Deal with it.

    • @spindash64
      @spindash64 Рік тому

      @@jendubay3782
      Then we can call it Apepox

    • @golddragonette7795
      @golddragonette7795 Рік тому

      @@jendubay3782 we are great apes, apes, monkeys AND primates. Hierarchical cladistics isn't fundamentally complicated