PolitiFact - Image makes false claims about monkeypox and wasn’t shared by BBC News or the WHO

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PolitiFact - Image makes false claims about monkeypox and wasn’t shared by BBC News or the WHO
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Airborne transmission of monkeypox has not been reported. The disease spreads through direct contact.

disease caused by infection of the monkeypox virus, according to the CDC.

It spreads from person to person"through close contact with someone who has a monkeypox rash, including through face-to-face, skin-to-skin, mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-skin contact," the WHOMonkeypox can spread through direct contact with monkeypox rash, scabs or bodily fluids from someone infected with the virus; touching objects, fabrics and surfaces that someone with monkeypox has used; and contact with respiratory secretions, according to the.

There’s no evidence the CDC classifies monkeypox as airborne or has said it can spread to people who are 15 feet away from someone who is infected. "Airborne transmission occurs when small virus particles become suspended in the air and can stay there for periods of time," the CDC."These particles can spread on air currents, or sometimes even infect people who enter a room after the infected person has left. In contrast, monkeypox may be found in droplets like saliva or respiratory secretions that drop out of the air quickly.

Second, and contrary to the content in the fake image, monkeypox is not a form of herpes. The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus, the WHO

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