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    3 months ago

    Did you read the thing you’re linking to?

    It says:

    Anyone can get mpox. It spreads from contact with infected: […]

    • materials, such as contaminated sheets, clothes or needles […]

    Person-to-person transmission of mpox can occur through direct contact with infectious skin or other lesions such as in the mouth or on genitals; this includes contact which is

    • face-to-face (talking or breathing) […]
    • respiratory droplets or short-range aerosols from prolonged close contact
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      3 months ago

      The link is supplemental to what is already mentioned in the article

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        3 months ago

        The article says:

        Infection via methods such as reusing towels and other skin-to-skin contact is possible but rare, he added.