Is monkeypox outbreak over? Mass. doctor weighs in
Updated: 7:43 PM EDT Oct 11, 2022
LEAK IS BEING INVESTIGATED. JESSICA: MONKEYPOX CASES HAVE FALLEN, JOINING US IS A DOCTOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. BEN: LET US LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. THE AVERAGE WAS 67 AND IT ROSE TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON AUGUST 6. IT HAS BEEN DROPPING DOWN TO 68 ON OCTOBER 6. HOW LOW DOES IT HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE OUTBREAK IS OVER? >> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE THINK AN OUTBREAK IS OVER WHEN THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES DECLINED TO THE EXPECTED NUMBER. THE EXPECTED NUMBER FOUR MONKEYPOX ZERO. BASH IS ZERO. — THE EXPECTED NUMBER FOR MONKEYPOX IS ZERO. JESSICA: PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRM 409 CASES OF MONKEYPOX SO FAR IN MASSACHUSETTS. HOW DO OUR NUMBERS COMPARE TO OTHER STATES? >> STATES LIKE NEW YORK HAS HAD MORE, WE WERE NEED — WE NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT. BEN: AS YOU KNOW, THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE OUTBREAK. ARE THE SHOTS EASIER TO GET NOW? AND WHO STILL NEEDS THEM? >> THE VACCINE IS EASIER TO GET NOW, IT IS SOMEWHA REGIONAL AND INDEPENDENT WHERE YOU ARE. IN OUR STATE WE HAVE SUPPLY AND IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK, THAT IS GROUPS INCLUDING MANY WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND IN OUR STATE, THAT IS USUALLY THE GROUP THAT IS TARGETED BUT YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLI
Is monkeypox outbreak over? Mass. doctor weighs in
Updated: 7:43 PM EDT Oct 11, 2022
Dr. Helen Boucher, the interim dean of Tufts Medical School, explains how low case counts have to go before the outbreak is over.
Dr. Helen Boucher, the interim dean of Tufts Medical School, explains how low case counts have to go before the outbreak is over.
Is monkeypox outbreak over? Mass. doctor weighs in
Updated: 7:43 PM EDT Oct 11, 2022
LEAK IS BEING INVESTIGATED. JESSICA: MONKEYPOX CASES HAVE FALLEN, JOINING US IS A DOCTOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. BEN: LET US LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. THE AVERAGE WAS 67 AND IT ROSE TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON AUGUST 6. IT HAS BEEN DROPPING DOWN TO 68 ON OCTOBER 6. HOW LOW DOES IT HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE OUTBREAK IS OVER? >> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE THINK AN OUTBREAK IS OVER WHEN THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES DECLINED TO THE EXPECTED NUMBER. THE EXPECTED NUMBER FOUR MONKEYPOX ZERO. BASH IS ZERO. — THE EXPECTED NUMBER FOR MONKEYPOX IS ZERO. JESSICA: PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRM 409 CASES OF MONKEYPOX SO FAR IN MASSACHUSETTS. HOW DO OUR NUMBERS COMPARE TO OTHER STATES? >> STATES LIKE NEW YORK HAS HAD MORE, WE WERE NEED — WE NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT. BEN: AS YOU KNOW, THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE OUTBREAK. ARE THE SHOTS EASIER TO GET NOW? AND WHO STILL NEEDS THEM? >> THE VACCINE IS EASIER TO GET NOW, IT IS SOMEWHA REGIONAL AND INDEPENDENT WHERE YOU ARE. IN OUR STATE WE HAVE SUPPLY AND IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK, THAT IS GROUPS INCLUDING MANY WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND IN OUR STATE, THAT IS USUALLY THE GROUP THAT IS TARGETED BUT YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLI
Is monkeypox outbreak over? Mass. doctor weighs in
Updated: 7:43 PM EDT Oct 11, 2022
Dr. Helen Boucher, the interim dean of Tufts Medical School, explains how low case counts have to go before the outbreak is over.
Dr. Helen Boucher, the interim dean of Tufts Medical School, explains how low case counts have to go before the outbreak is over.
