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On my way to #JSM2022. I’m so excited to get to see my statistician colleagues in Washington DC. I’ll be tweeting here and on behalf of @DataSciJedi (a very cool account 😎). Let me know if you’ll be there too! I’d love to meet up with folks. ☺️ #JEDIatJSM
U.S. monkeypox update:
New cases: +310
Total cases: 8,305
New cases continue to rise and positivity rate is very high, reflecting under testing. A lot of testing capacity going unused; we must broaden testing criteria to identify more of the ongoing community spread @BNOFeed
Wastewater data showing widespread #MonkeypoxVirus cases in the US.
We need a nationally-representative, multipathogen wastewater surveillance system ASAP!
Data from @WastewaterSCAN. https://twitter.com/lindseytheis/status/1555624443187060737
#MonkeypoxVirus is showing up now in the wastewater now in CA, GA, MI, TX, and ID. It's an early warning of community spread. The data from WastewaterSCAN:
https://bit.ly/3Qs6yVT
🧵NEW @CDCgov MMWR on MPX.
Highlights:
- 99% of cases were among men
- 94% reported male-to-male sexual or close contact in 3 wks before symptoms
- 42% didn't report prodrome as their first symptom; 46% had 1+ genital lesions
- 41% were HIV-positive
- 74% locally acquired