POLITICO's Pulse Check

Getting the risk messaging right on monkeypox

Episode Summary

Public health officials insist there is no reason to panic, but cite a growing number of cases on both sides of the Atlantic as reasons to prep and order vaccines. The outbreak is particularly unusual, as most infected patients have not traveled to West and Central Africa where the virus is endemic in animals. Carmen Paun reports.

Episode Notes

Public health officials insist there is no reason to panic, but cite a growing number of cases on both sides of the Atlantic as reasons to prep and order vaccines. The outbreak is particularly unusual, as most infected patients have not traveled to West and Central Africa where the virus is endemic in animals. Carmen Paun reports.