While Monkeypox slowly increases in Orange County, experts worry possible COVID wave looms

While Monkeypox slowly increases in Orange County, experts worry possible COVID wave looms

UC Irvine epidemiologist and public health [associate professor] Andrew Noymer said residents shouldn’t expect monkeypox to take off like COVID did. … One of the lessons learned writ large from COVID is you have to test,” Noymer said … “Testing gives people information and that could help stem the spread of the epidemic. With monkeypox, we’re making the same mistake — we’re not testing enough.” … Sanghyuk Shin, also a UCI epidemiologist [and associate professor of nursing], said testing and isolation is key to stunting the growth of monkeypox cases.