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Elaf from London: While the World Health Organization on Monday attributed the spread of monkeypox to two gay parties in Europe, the leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, described the epidemic as gay pox, calling for a day of repentance.
Al-Sadr wrote in a tweet on his account on the social network “Twitter” today, and “Elaf” followed it, saying, “It is right to say once morest (homosexuals), for God gives and does not neglect, so I call them to repentance first.”
And he called on all those who “enacted the gay law to immediately retract that unjust criminal decision”, noting that “for two reasons, the first… to prevent the scourge and epidemic (monkeypox) or what it calls (gay pox) on all of humanity.”
The second…the forgiveness of their sins, may God repent to them, or else it will be right for them to say, and God will destroy them completely.”
Al-Sadr suggested “that there be a special day once morest homosexuals and their reprehensible obscenity on earth and in heaven.”
Al-Sadr concluded by saying, “Do you not fear homosexuality? No.”
Al-Sadr’s tweet Monday, May 23, 2022 accusing homosexuals of spreading a monkeypox epidemic
Global Health: Two gay parties in Europe caused monkeypox
Today, a senior adviser to the World Health Organization said that the unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox in developed countries is a “random event that may be explained by sexual behavior at two recent sex parties in Europe.”
“The most prominent theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission between men at two parties held in Spain and Belgium,” the Associated Press quoted Dr. David Heymann, who previously headed the emergency department of the organization, as saying.
He added: “We know that monkeypox can spread in close contact with the pests of an infected person, and it appears that some form of sexual contact has increased transmission now.”
Health officials say most of the known cases in Europe have been among men who have had sex with men, but scientists say it would be difficult to tell whether the outbreak was driven by the same sex or just close contact, as anyone can contract the disease through contact with the patient or With his clothes or even his covers.
Mike Skinner, a virologist at Imperial College London, explained of the disease, saying: “Sexual contact by its nature involves close intimate contact, which one would expect to increase the likelihood of transmission, regardless of one’s sexual orientation and type of transmission.”
European Health: The epidemic is high in “certain groups”
For its part, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (European Health Agency) said the risk of monkeypox spreading in the general population was “very low” but high in certain groups, apparently referring to homosexuals.
Andrea Amon, director of the European Health Agency, said that “most of the current cases were accompanied by mild symptoms of disease, and for the public, the probability of spread is very low.”
She added that the possibility of the virus spreading through close contact between people with multiple sexual partners was considered “high”.
Monkeypox belongs to the same family of viruses that cause smallpox, but it causes milder symptoms. Most patients have fever, body aches, chills, and fatigue. People with a more severe level of the disease may develop a rash and blisters on the face and hands that can spread to other parts. from the body.
Most of the detected cases involve men who have had sex with men in Europe. Cases have been reported in Britain, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.