New, more dangerous MPOX strain

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What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak

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Mpox is more than a virus; it's a story about the health of the LGBTQIA+ community - Listen now

What the Pox? Is the information and support I wish I had at my disposal when I was going through Mpox (Monkeypox). It's also a documentary investigation into the Mpox outbreak with science, stories and resources all shared without stigma or shame. Listen to understand:

What we know about the virus, and how it spreads
Why we feel shame and stigma about catching it
What the parallels are with the HIV outbreak in the 80s
Why this sits in a bigger picture with conversations about queer sex and health inequalities
And crucially: What can we do next?

Mpox is more than a virus; it also tells us so much about being LGBTQIA+ right now - and that's what this show exposes.

Listen to our ten part documentary series for leading LGBTQIA+ community figures, Mpox experts, sexual health superstars, and real people talking about Mypox and the LGBTQIA+ community without shame or stigma.

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Mpox is more than a virus; it's a story about the health of the LGBTQIA+ community - Listen now

What we know about the virus, and how it spreads
Why we feel shame and stigma about catching it
What the parallels are with the HIV outbreak in the 80s
Why this sits in a bigger picture with conversations about queer sex and health inequalities
And crucially: What can we do next?

Mpox is more than a virus; it also tells us so much about being LGBTQIA+ right now - and that's what this show exposes.

Head to wearequeeraf.com/whatthepox to unlock ad-free editions of the show.

We Are QueerAF, and so are you.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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New, more dangerous MPOX strain - what can we do?

What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak

43 minutes 42 seconds

1 year ago

New, more dangerous MPOX strain - what can we do?

In this episode of What The Pox?, host Martin Joseph explores the resurgence of news about MPOX in 2024 after it is once again declared a global health emergency by the WHO in August 2024.

The episode unpacks the spread of the more dangerous Clade 1B virus, which is killing hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its wider impact in Central and West Africa. We ask if a global north spread of the new strain will happen, and what the global response must be to this emergency.

This episode's guests are:

Dr Marc-Alain Widdowson - WHO Lead, Infectious Hazard Management
Dr Catherine Smallwood - WHO Europe
Dr Chloe Orkin - British physician and Professor of HIV/AIDS medicine at Queen Mary University of London
Quasar Siddiqui - Vaccine Coordinator at The Love Tank

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