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2022-07-21 19:15:08 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

So while MonkeyPox can be spread by clothing, bedsheets, coverings, and towels there is no evidence they can be transferred simply by any clothing unless that clothing has been in contact with communicable parts of the body ie rashes or bodily fluids of an infected person. https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html

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• So while MonkeyPox can be spread by clothing, bedsheets, coverings, and towels there is no evidence they can be transferred simply by any clothing unless that clothing has been in contact with communicable parts of the body ie rashes or bodily fluids of an infected person. https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html