Posted June 3, 2022 This is a real thing. Maybe COF should take a break right now.....how is the swinger community handling this? https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/news/colorado-believes-it-has-its-first-monkeypox-case-waiting-for-cdc-confirmation/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 4, 2022 15 hours ago, Caressa Duval said: This is a real thing. Maybe COF should take a break right now.....how is the swinger community handling this? https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/news/colorado-believes-it-has-its-first-monkeypox-case-waiting-for-cdc-confirmation/ It seems to me that the risk of transmission is broader than COF (if I understand that acronym correctly) "It also can be spread by respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact. Monkeypox can spread during intimate contact between people, including during sex, as well as activities like kissing, cuddling, or touching parts of the body with monkeypox sores. At this time, it is not known if monkeypox can spread through semen or vaginal fluids." https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html People with monkeypox are infectious while they have symptoms (normally for between two and four weeks). You can catch monkeypox through close physical contact with someone who has symptoms. The rash, bodily fluids (such as fluid, pus or blood from skin lesions) and scabs are particularly infectious. Clothing, bedding, towels or objects like eating utensils/dishes that have been contaminated with the virus from contact with an infected person can also infect others. https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/monkeypox?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkrywguWS-AIVOsLCBB2Z2wrZEAAYASAAEgINtPD_BwE 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 4, 2022 The CDC states that the smallpox vaccine is 85% effective against monkeypox. I am going to check with my doc because I haven't had a smallpox vaccine for MANY years. We wiped out smallpox in the US, so I don't ever remember getting a booster. Articles I've read say that the smallpox vaccine has great effectiveness for 3-5 years and then its effectiveness slowly drops off. But I can't imagine it lasting for more than 60 years. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 4, 2022 I think the media needs to concentrate on other things than scaring everyone with all these sicknesses! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 6, 2022 On 6/4/2022 at 2:13 PM, stevie-2249 said: I think the media needs to concentrate on other things than scaring everyone with all these sicknesses! Monkey Pox is prevalent where I am currently. Spain is one country that is trying to isolate for 3 weeks!! and prevent spread. Pox outbreaks have happened before, and vaccinating was the key to ending small pox. They stopped vaccinating in 1980, I believe. Anyone born after that never needed to have a small pox vaccine. Now it is back in a different strain. This strain is causing genital lesions . We all to stay educated about new health risks in the hobby world. To keep everyone safe. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/epidemiological-update-monkeypox-multi-country-outbreak-0 "As of 31 May, a total of 321 cases have been confirmed from 17 EU/EEA Member States (Table 1, Figure 2). Most cases are in young men, self-identifying as MSM. There have been no deaths. The clinical presentation is generally described to be mild, with most cases presenting with lesions on the genitalia or peri-genital area, indicating that transmission likely occurred by close physical contact during sexual activities. Multiple countries have reported cases which appear to be linked to events taking place in Spain (Madrid and the Canary Islands) and Belgium (Antwerp). However, many countries also report cases with no known epidemiological link to travel abroad, contact with other cases, animals or attendance to specific events." I personally can't handle the thought of EVER being on isolation again!!!! 2020-2021 was enough!!!!! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 7, 2022 On 6/4/2022 at 9:52 AM, average1 said: The CDC states that the smallpox vaccine is 85% effective against monkeypox. I am going to check with my doc because I haven't had a smallpox vaccine for MANY years. We wiped out smallpox in the US, so I don't ever remember getting a booster. Articles I've read say that the smallpox vaccine has great effectiveness for 3-5 years and then its effectiveness slowly drops off. But I can't imagine it lasting for more than 60 years. Best info I see, perhaps missing some better (cover Stevie's ears, don't want to scare him lol): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/i-was-vaccinated-against/ Sounds like probably of no further help in terms of not catching but still helpful in terms of not dying, which is a plus. Better than nothing, but should the monkey flavor get a bunch more common best get boosted. Now if someone would just tell me why all these cases popping up are only in NATO countries plus Australia. And Africa, but it is always found in parts of Africa sadly. I do not believe in coincidence but hope it is just reporting and more traveling. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) I read they're opening a clinic in LA for sex workers to get vaccinated for monkeypox. I wish they had one here. Edited July 30, 2022 by Hunter VanDyke 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) Is new STD like herpes? It makes me sick in knowing the pandemic continues on in this country! We have inflation at almost 10% food and goods has become very expensive and you know the quality is anything but healthy!!!! Has prices have not come down far enough either! I am sorry for all of you that are raising children right now. Sending reiki and encouragement! Edited July 30, 2022 by Kali Sensual Reiki 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Hunter VanDyke said: I read they're opening a clinic in LA for sex workers to get vaccinated for monkeypox. I wish they had one here. Being a sex worker is a qualifier to receive the Jynneos vaccine in Colorado, guess that is a good thing. The county health departments are offering testing, and have links to the form to fill out to be put on the list for the vaccine. Almost all are NOT taking new applications, they are OUT of the vaccine I got my application to go through on one location, and then was told they have no idea when they will receive more of the vaccine. Any close contact can spread the disease, that includes massages, saunas, ect ect. "Monkeypox can spread between people through close contact, skin-to-skin contact including sexual contact with a person with monkeypox, or contact with contaminated fomites" While on the dreaded topic of vaccines. Hepatitis B and A are on the rise. Many college campuses are issuing statements that people get boosted. Hep B and A both can be spread sexually. Especially for all the people that enjoy rimming, ATM, and Greek. Just giving a BJ or DATY puts you close enough in that general region. These 2 are easy!! Your primary care physician will boost your Hep vaccines no problem. It is what it is, all STD's are on the rise, after people being on isolation for so long. We just have to stay on top of it. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 31, 2022 I did see a particularly graphic case of Monkey Pox in the news. The poor guy that was interviewed had giant black sores on chin, lips, and in his mouth He said it was going on sixteen days and that he was in excruciating pain. He was crying in the interview and I felt really bad for him. It would be difficult for him to walk out in public given the extent of the sores on his face. I thought it was very brave of him to come on to TV and that he was doing a public service with his willingness to be interviewed. I did not know if it was appropriate to post a link to the video since I found it to be graphic. If you're interested in the video, you could find it by searching under KHOU (the television station) and "Houston Man with Monkey Pox," which was the title of the video. If the vaccine has a relatively strong safety profile, I would think that it would be wise for anyone with lots of physical contact with people to consider it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, BBT-8367 said: I did see a particularly graphic case of Monkey Pox in the news. The poor guy that was interviewed had giant black sores on chin, lips, and in his mouth He said it was going on sixteen days and that he was in excruciating pain. He was crying in the interview and I felt really bad for him. It would be difficult for him to walk out in public given the extent of the sores on his face. I thought it was very brave of him to come on to TV and that he was doing a public service with his willingness to be interviewed. I did not know if it was appropriate to post a link to the video since I found it to be graphic. If you're interested in the video, you could find it by searching under KHOU (the television station) and "Houston Man with Monkey Pox," which was the title of the video. If the vaccine has a relatively strong safety profile, I would think that it would be wise for anyone with lots of physical contact with people to consider it. Thank you for how to search this. The most terrifying information and photos are of people under 10 years if age. Never having sex at all. This is not a 3rd world problem, it's a now problem. Good luck riding or hoping your old school small pox vaccine will cover you. Nope, they are just recently looking at long time immunity. 30 years max. Most people under 30 years, never got the small pox vaccine. Nature will find the best and most effective way to spread diseases. It seems viruses adapted to sexual contact. The vaccines are stored in facilities, that can store them. Along with tampons, condoms, birth control,l, formula ect! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 1, 2022 On 6/4/2022 at 2:13 PM, stevie-2249 said: I think the media needs to concentrate on other things than scaring everyone with all these sicknesses! Would you perhaps like them only to report on puppies sunshine and love? Or would you like to know the things you might need to protect yourself from? Don't be silly, pay attention and protect yourself please. Blesses to you, my friend! Stay safe! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 1, 2022 Gaia is bringing in fresh troops for her Grow Back Green program. She hopes to reduce the main pollutant, humans, once again to a manageable level. Meanwhile the media is gearing up for the latest crisis as part of their election cycle. The sheeple must vote based on fear and blind faith instead of analysis and logic. How many of you are vaccinated against shingles? How many drink & drive? Beware the Four Horsemen! -4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Bit Banger said: Gaia is bringing in fresh troops for her Grow Back Green program. She hopes to reduce the main pollutant, humans, once again to a manageable level. Meanwhile the media is gearing up for the latest crisis as part of their election cycle. The sheeple must vote based on fear and blind faith instead of analysis and logic. How many of you are vaccinated against shingles? How many drink & drive? Beware the Four Horsemen! With Nichelle still on mind, I ran your post through the ST universal translator and it came back: "WTF??" 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 16 hours ago, Bit Banger said: Gaia is bringing in fresh troops for her Grow Back Green program. She hopes to reduce the main pollutant, humans, once again to a manageable level. Meanwhile the media is gearing up for the latest crisis as part of their election cycle. The sheeple must vote based on fear and blind faith instead of analysis and logic. How many of you are vaccinated against shingles? How many drink & drive? Beware the Four Horsemen! I'm vacced against shingles. I never drink and drive, I think that's really stupid. I, like a lot of people think that we are polluting our planet too much. Dude, do you have a point to your rant? I love to rant, but this post makes no sense. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 7:51 AM, Bit Banger said: Gaia is bringing in fresh troops for her Grow Back Green program. She hopes to reduce the main pollutant, humans, once again to a manageable level. Meanwhile the media is gearing up for the latest crisis as part of their election cycle. The sheeple must vote based on fear and blind faith instead of analysis and logic. How many of you are vaccinated against shingles? How many drink & drive? Beware the Four Horsemen! Time to update your decoder rings: fresh troops - new diseases. Monkey pox for example. reduce population to reduce pollution media whipping the electorate to a fearful frenzy, again! shingles, a painful disfiguring disease, though not particularly contagious, unlike the chicken pad which precedes it. DUI, compare traffic deaths to Covid 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 45 minutes ago, Bit Banger said: Time to update your decoder rings: fresh troops - new diseases. Monkey pox for example. reduce population to reduce pollution media whipping the electorate to a fearful frenzy, again! shingles, a painful disfiguring disease, though not particularly contagious, unlike the chicken pad which precedes it. DUI, compare traffic deaths to Covid Ok so I downloaded all available updates to the translator and ran this double down through again. Response: "no, seriously, WTF?" Monkeypox is not some election issue fantasy, it is a real disease that has been known since 1958 and for which a vaccine has existed for years. The effective vaccine for it is one that every intelligent human being that comes in close contact with other human beings should give serious consideration to getting. Covid was also not a hoax and the vaccine should be considered by anyone with a brain, so please do not try to turn the pox into another massive right wing disinformation campaign as is being attempted. Shingles is not contagious and if you are not vaccinated against it and have previously had chicken pox the same dormant virus you have carried around for years is what may result in shingles. The vaccine protects only you, not everyone you come in contact with so it is a totally bogus comparison. Gaia, horsemen, dui - could we possibly stay on topic because these have only to do with your theory that mass death is a good thing as population control and have nothing to do with Monkeypox. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 Americans have turned into wussies because of the media and government! You all can walk around afraid of everything that is supposedly going around or you can live life, my god people!! It amazing what they have put into your heads!! -1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, stevie-2249 said: Americans have turned into wussies because of the media and government! You all can walk around afraid of everything that is supposedly going around or you can live life, my god people!! It amazing what they have put into your heads!! It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with media or the government! It has EVERYTHING to do with wanting to be a responsible sex worker, and keep ourselves and our clients free of diseases!!! Or would you rather prefer escorts pretend like diseases don't exist. This is a global outbreak, and I know it is difficult for everyone to think we have another disease to contend with so soon after Covid. We just do! So deal with it!!! All but 2 states have outbreaks now, and it is spreading. Just like I would not want to pass along a cold, the flu, Covid, or any STD. I don't want to get or pass Monkey Pox! It will take any sex worker or client out of work for 4 weeks, and we do not get sick leave pay! The only protection is to educate yourself about limiting the spread of the disease, and get the vaccine when it is back in stock. I AM NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING!!! I live my life freely, and travel the world. Plus, I have awesome protected sex all the time!!!! I plan to keep doing all these things, and get the vaccine as soon as I can. This will spread to schools, and be passed among children just like chicken pox was, if US ADULTS don't do everything we can to stop the spread now!!!! https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 When I was a kid, if a classmate (or that of my siblings) came down with one of the usual childhood diseases (chicken pox, mumps, measles, etc) we went for a visit, trying to catch whatever and get it over with. One winter Mom had one or more of myself and siblings home as we cycled through the list. -1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 21 minutes ago, Bit Banger said: When I was a kid, if a classmate (or that of my siblings) came down with one of the usual childhood diseases (chicken pox, mumps, measles, etc) we went for a visit, trying to catch whatever and get it over with. One winter Mom had one or more of myself and siblings home as we cycled through the list. I call bullshit. There was NEVER a time that parents sent their kids to intentionally catch frequently FATAL diseases such as measles or mumps. Not buying it. If your parents did they belonged in prison. The only time I remember any such intentional exposure was much more recently when the original tin foil lunatics started the "vaccines cause autism" horseshit like 20 years ago a d then it was chicken pox only. (NO they do NOT cause autism!!) But say for the moment your story was true, are you saying we should all find an infected person and go to their house and have a bare back orgy so we can "get it over with?" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 5 hours ago, stevie-2249 said: Americans have turned into wussies because of the media and government! You all can walk around afraid of everything that is supposedly going around or you can live life, my god people!! It amazing what they have put into your heads!! So just ignore it and it will go away in pure "ignorance is bliss" ecstasy? Knowing what is going on in the world and protecting yourself from needless harm is not being a "wussie", it is having a brain. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Bit Banger said: When I was a kid, if a classmate (or that of my siblings) came down with one of the usual childhood diseases (chicken pox, mumps, measles, etc) we went for a visit, trying to catch whatever and get it over with. One winter Mom had one or more of myself and siblings home as we cycled through the list. Yeah but we're old. You're older than I am. I only had to go through the chickenpox. There's no reason for our kids and grandkids to be catching diseases from back in the old days. It's unnecessary. I was so happy when the chickenpox vaccine was available for my kids. They did not need to cycle through all the diseases you mentioned above. 😂 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, stevie-2249 said: Americans have turned into wussies because of the media and government! You all can walk around afraid of everything that is supposedly going around or you can live life, my god people!! It amazing what they have put into your heads!! Who's walking around afraid? We can have a normal full and robust life while incorporating health and wellness into it. So strange that you think we can only have one or the other. When it's available, it will only take minutes out of my life to get it, and it will not only provide protection to myself, but also to my partners. Sounds like you're the one afraid of people making a decision that is best for themselves, and doesn't hurt anyone else. Why are you afraid of that? Edited August 2, 2022 by Hunter VanDyke 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 3, 2022 You see they can’t make up their minds! Whether it was COVID or monkey pox they keep changing things whether how you get it or prevent it! you all can get your vaccines and see what happens to you all in the long run. It’s your choice! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 3, 2022 17 hours ago, gr8owl said: I call bullshit. There was NEVER a time that parents sent their kids to intentionally catch frequently FATAL diseases such as measles or mumps. Not buying it. If your parents did they belonged in prison. The only time I remember any such intentional exposure was much more recently when the original tin foil lunatics started the "vaccines cause autism" horseshit like 20 years ago a d then it was chicken pox only. (NO they do NOT cause autism!!) But say for the moment your story was true, are you saying we should all find an infected person and go to their house and have a bare back orgy so we can "get it over with?" What Bit stated is true. I remember back tin the 50's and 60's parent would send their kids to visit kids who had chickenpox to try and catch it so they could get it over with before they got much older. Measles and mumps not so much. Back then vaccines did not exist for the "childhood" diseases and it was almost inevitable that we would eventually catch them.. Parents always hoped that their kids would catch the disease early in life as opposed to later as a teenager of adult when the "childhood" disease could have more serious consequences such as sterility, deafness or death. I don't believe that Bit is advocating that we go to a persons house or have a bareback orgy to catch the "childhood" diseases or any the current crop of viruses like Covid that are plaging us today. What was acceptable back in the 50's, 60's or earlier times is not necessarily acceptable or advocated today. Modern medicine has developed very safe vaccines for a lot of the "childhood" diseases and viruses that exist today. That being said, vaccines are not 100% effective but they have greatly reduced the possibility of the viruses from becoming plague, epidemic or pandemic. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 3, 2022 29 minutes ago, ilovewomen said: What Bit stated is true. I remember back tin the 50's and 60's parent would send their kids to visit kids who had chickenpox to try and catch it so they could get it over with before they got much older. Measles and mumps not so much. Back then vaccines did not exist for the "childhood" diseases and it was almost inevitable that we would eventually catch them.. Parents always hoped that their kids would catch the disease early in life as opposed to later as a teenager of adult when the "childhood" disease could have more serious consequences such as sterility, deafness or death. I don't believe that Bit is advocating that we go to a persons house or have a bareback orgy to catch the "childhood" diseases or any the current crop of viruses like Covid that are plaging us today. What was acceptable back in the 50's, 60's or earlier times is not necessarily acceptable or advocated today. Modern medicine has developed very safe vaccines for a lot of the "childhood" diseases and viruses that exist today. That being said, vaccines are not 100% effective but they have greatly reduced the possibility of the viruses from becoming plague, epidemic or pandemic. I think we a talking more like before the 1940's. I can remember my grandparents telling me about, the serious concerns parents had about their children getting Measles, Mumps, Rubella (German Measles), Diphtheria, and Pertussis. Back then nearly everyone knew parents or were parents of children had died from those diseases, many as toddlers. Some families lost more than one child to these disease. The infant/child mortality rate was considerably higher before the 1950's. MMR, Diphtheria and Pertussis could lead to pneumonia, heart failure, and host of secondary infections that led to death. The chicken pox parties of the 50s and 60's were insanity, and foolish. The pox virus can be a serious disease. Small pox killed tens of thousands of Native Americans. I can remember every miserable day of having chicken pox. I was extremely ill for 2 weeks solid. So, Bits comment of visiting people with diseases to "cycle" through it. Is an irresponsible statement to make, since some people might believe him. Please don't people. Getting any illness is NOT something you should make an active effort to be infected with! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, ilovewomen said: What Bit stated is true. I remember back tin the 50's and 60's parent would send their kids to visit kids who had chickenpox to try and catch it so they could get it over with before they got much older. Measles and mumps not so much. Back then vaccines did not exist for the "childhood" diseases and it was almost inevitable that we would eventually catch them.. Parents always hoped that their kids would catch the disease early in life as opposed to later as a teenager of adult when the "childhood" disease could have more serious consequences such as sterility, deafness or death. I don't believe that Bit is advocating that we go to a persons house or have a bareback orgy to catch the "childhood" diseases or any the current crop of viruses like Covid that are plaging us today. What was acceptable back in the 50's, 60's or earlier times is not necessarily acceptable or advocated today. Modern medicine has developed very safe vaccines for a lot of the "childhood" diseases and viruses that exist today. That being said, vaccines are not 100% effective but they have greatly reduced the possibility of the viruses from becoming plague, epidemic or pandemic. No, it is NOT true. You are correct that parents tried to get their children to have chicken pox, largely based upon the myth that it was "worse as an adult." and later to avoid vaccination as I stated. But I did not question his statement relative to chicken pox. I did relative to measles. I have NEVER heard of parents intentionally exposing their children to frequently fatal diseases such as measles - or whooping cough or diphtheria or polio, etc. THAT is what I called him on, not chicken pox. And the point of my asking about bb orgies was to get out of him just exactly WTF the point of bringing it up was. I think he is perfectly capable of responding and trying to defend his own statements. Measles vaccine btw was available in 1963. What I remember is when vaccines were available - polio, small pox, measles - you not only HAD to get them to attend school they were GIVEN AT SCHOOL. But again - what was the point in bringing it up in a thread trying to encourage people to understand risks and take appropriate precautions? What is the point to say "people used get their kids sick intentionally?" And especially in the same post as some twisted reference comparing dui deaths to covid and trying to bring all the covid conspiracy/overreacted/should not have locked down narrative into this conversation. His statements were way out there - let HIM defend them. The rest of your statements were true and I have no qualms about. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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