Monkeypox is coming
068: How to stay safe and prepare for a potential US outbreak
Monkeypox
Over the last several weeks there have been murmurs and growing reports of Monkeypox cases internationally and domestically here in the United States. As we saw with the origins and beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic it can be very difficult to decipher what is real and what is not when things like this start to transpire.
With the political and financial elite of the world growing progressively more desperate to retain power and control in a number of arenas amidst food shortages, highly contested political races, wars, globalism, and new world order - esque initiatives - we suspect, as we have outlined in Arb Letter before, that Monkeypox has the capacity to become the next major “thing” or distraction that is impressed and forced upon the masses.
Whether it is a natural event that people choose to abuse for personal profit and gain or if it has more sinister origins, regardless we feel it has the capacity to impact most people.
Again, this could happen, we’re not saying it’s a certainty but it always pays to prepare before the panic sets in.
For what it’s worth I predicted with high accuracy, that Covid 19 would come to America and eventually become a full blown pandemic.
In our opinion at the very least Monkeypox poses the opportunity for over-dramatization or fear mongering to get people to act a certain way by governments and world powers. Monkeypox after all, is the type of virus that would cause mass public panic given it’s symptoms, taboo reputation, and aesthetically altering effects.
You might not think this is relevant to you because of the misinformation spreading about who is susceptible and who is spreading the virus - namely homosexual men transferring the virus through sexual contact, but that was and is inaccurate.
Two U.S. children a toddler and a young infant, were both diagnosed with monkeypox just this last Saturday. These are cases that break from the usual demographic that gets Monkeypox. This virus is developing and spreading more quickly than people have imagined.
I am hearing reports of cases in US Hospitals among heterosexual men and women and the count in the US right now for cases is surpassing 3,000. That might seem like a small number but if you have ever played a pandemic game, you understand how fast viruses multiply through exponential transmission. Try 3,000 to the power of 2 or 3. As of this morning NYC is now reporting over 1,000 cases of Monkeypox according to the cities health department. THAT is concerning.
While most commentary and write ups on Monkeypox so far have focused mainly on the gay men transferring the virus via sexual contact, there are now signs that this could in fact not be the only way the virus will spread.
I believe it was irresponsible to point towards this demographic as the only ones at risk and the evidence suggests that the virus is becoming much more easily transmitted by the day.
In Europe, North America and other countries monkeypox is spreading among people with no links to animals, homosexual sexual activity, or recent travel activities in Africa.
In a concerning turn of events that mimics steps taken before Covid 19 shifted into a global pandemic, this weekend the World Health Organization officially declared the Monkeypox Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The Biden administration is considering making this a public health emergency, and momentum is building fast for US Cases.
Epidemiologists as well as public health experts are warning that the U.S. is running out of time to contain a potential monkeypox outbreak. Today US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, said on CNN that his Monkeypox concern level is a 10/10.
We will cover the basics on what Monkeypox is, where it stands today, where we see it going, and what you can do to stay safe. This is a Arb Letter paid post, we do deep dives like this once every week for $5/month along with our regular market updates on Fridays.
“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little”
-WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus