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Denburybob

Denburybob Report 10 Sep 2018 20:48

It is called vaccine from the Latin word for cow. I don' think I made that up.

Caroline

Caroline Report 10 Sep 2018 20:54

You've got it licked Bob

Linda

Linda Report 10 Sep 2018 23:48

this is true I'm not kidding I never heard of it before but this man did fly into a navy base in cornwall has there is only one down there and that is Culdrose

Researching:
Wells Ealing and E/W Ilsley Webbs H/Wycombe Lambourns E/Ilsley Deacons E/Ilsley Cannings Derry

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 11 Sep 2018 00:23

Linda ...............

no-one is doubting you!

It's only me being corrected, because I didn't go far enough back in the history of medicine ;-)

It does exist, it seems to be serious disease related to chicken pox or smallpox, found in tropical areas of Africa

It can be deadly, and this was the first case in England ........

......... but as with so many tropical diseases, its occurrence may well happen again with climate warming and the fast speed at which people can travel form one country to another.

There are more and more tropical diseases arriving in more northerly countries every year.

It's probably called monkey-pox because it might have been first identified in monkeys (doh!!!)

after all, cow pox was so-called because it appears (appeared?) on cows' udders, and milkmaids caught it when milking.

I have not googled to discover how humans catch monkey-pox ......... eating monkeys?? Or other ways.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Sharron

Sharron Report 11 Sep 2018 12:11

Smallpox was so named because it was a lesser evil that the Great Pox.

You know, that other one you catch from close friends!

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 11 Sep 2018 12:25

http://www.ngyab.com/2017/10/05/monkey-pox-nigeria-symptoms-prevention-can-catch-everything-need-know/



Looks like there are more cases in Nigeria.

Annx

Annx Report 12 Sep 2018 11:51

I see there's another case now, thought to be unconnected.

Researching:
Staffordshire, Warwickshire

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