Furlough fans: your prayers have been answered - here comes Monkeypox

[Gofer Blue]

Developed in consultation with technical and policy experts, the fictional exercise scenario portrayed a deadly, global pandemic involving an unusual strain of monkeypox virus that first emerged in the fictional nation of Brinia and spread globally over 18 months. Ultimately, the exercise scenario revealed that the initial outbreak was caused by a terrorist attack using a pathogen engineered in a laboratory with inadequate biosafety and biosecurity provisions and weak oversight. By the end of the exercise, the fictional pandemic resulted in more than three billion cases and 270 million fatalities worldwide.

https://www.nti.org/analysis/article...gical-threats/

It does make you wonder if would-be bioterrorists were encouraged by the way COVID pandemic caused major disruption around the world in a very short time. Imagine if someone created a much more lethal pathogen than COVID (as bad as that was).....

[Wales-Bales]

It does make you wonder if would-be bioterrorists were encouraged by the way COVID pandemic caused major disruption around the world in a very short time. Imagine if someone created a much more lethal pathogen than COVID (as bad as that was).....

Specifically monkeypox?

[Gofer Blue]

Specifically monkeypox?

I wouldn't think so as it doesn't appear to be particularly lethal (as yet) and is only spread by close physical contact. Not the "ideal" pathogen. However if should become the new pandemic then it would have serious consequences of course. At least there would be no doubt if you've got it, certainly no LFT test required for this one! The skin blisters look horrific.