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2024-08-17 00:50:21 UTC - HELPFUL
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The WHO organization is NOT calling for lockdowns because there's no reason to. https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern COVID-19 forced lockdowns in 2020 because at the time; it was a novel virus with no treatments or vaccines to stop the spread. https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html Mpox has been around since 1958, and it does have a vaccine. https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/vaccines/index.html
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