A Potentially Disruptive Infectious Disease Outbreak That Flew Under Our Radar

Monkeypox is nothing to sneeze at.

In the April 8, 2022, edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we are treated to an interesting story of an outbreak of monkeypox in Texas. This is not your typical outbreak, where many people are infected, some severely, and the government has to institute “draconian” public health measures to contain it.