{"id":10854,"date":"2022-12-29T16:27:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T22:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=10854"},"modified":"2024-08-11T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T21:39:50","slug":"is-monkeypox-airborne","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/is-monkeypox-airborne\/","title":{"rendered":"Is monkeypox airborne?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>Do you remember earlier this year when monkeypox was circulating in\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0United States? One question many had was whether or not\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span> virus is airborne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]According to\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/poxvirus\/monkeypox\/transmission.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Daf9fe4af75%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1672544834397000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3AG_6LryMIqY60jEcq1Rs6\">CDC<\/a>,\u00a0monkeypox (mpox) is spread via close personal contact. Such contact can be direct\u2013 via\u00a0monkeypox\u00a0lesions or body fluids from an infected person, via contact with objects or fabrics used by someone with\u00a0monkeypox, or via respiratory droplets.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0WHO has said that\u00a0monkeypox\u00a0could possibly be spread through short-range aerosols, we have no indication of this type of spread.\u00a0Monkeypox\u00a0has been studied for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/poxvirus\/monkeypox\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D82f20cb527%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1672544834397000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33FD1yib1FcX-qAyeIpX5D\">decades<\/a>\u00a0after its discovery in 1958, and airborne transmission has never been noted.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mpox is primarily spread through close personal contact, not airborne transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[],"class_list":["post-10854","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10857,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10854\/revisions\/10857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}