There have been a few cases in Europe, and one in Massachusetts. It is not as transmissible by far as COVID, though.

@Organist1 As of yet!

@JackPedigo 13 cases so far in Canada. I hope it doesn't start mutating.

@Organist1 I was just reading about the Canadian outbreak. 17 cases, mostly mild. Here is the odd part (I expect a single carrier started this), they are all "sex related" although monkeypox is "not sexually transmitted." I would think that means an infected someone had a lot of sex with different partners.

@Beowulfsfriend I just heard about that, too. They think it was "extended face-to-face contact" that spread it via saliva (kissing). Could be from one person. They said it was among gay men. :'(

@Organist1 I now hear it is in the US. It was reported more and more pandemics will arise as we invade more wild areas. I see this as just another fact of too many humans. We are hitting the wall and need to stop growing our numbers (some 80-85 million net per year).

@JackPedigo you are so right. As a psychology major in the 1970s, I read about what happens when you overcrowd a cage with rats. They begin fighting, then eating each other. That is essentially what's happening to us now. Viruses are stepping in to help with the process.

@Organist1 Why is it soooo difficult for people to see the obvious.We are so fixated on the constant growth economic mantra we refuse to see where it is taking us.

@JackPedigo I think it's due to the "me first" attitude a lot of Americans and others have.