Monkeybox now

[bombis]

With this speed of new threats humankind will cease to exist soon

@BIWI

I'll have a pint of what you're having

I wouldn’t, it’s probably cyanide based on the OP’s outlook.

I am not moving this post anywhere. Coronavirus should be changed to End of the word section.

So it would seem that humans are mortal. What a shocker.

I am curious as to the scenario though. Who diagnosed it as monkeypox? Was it a poor gp who was really on top of their exotic diseases or was it at the ED? What sort of 'oh shit' conversations happened.

The title and first post look like someone made an AI bot read mumsnet for half an hour then got it to write its own post

(Sorry OP!)

End of the word?

And the word was... monkeybox!

@bombis

I am not moving this post anywhere. Coronavirus should be changed to End of the word section.

Life must be very hard for you if you are this pessimistic.

Disappointed to find that this is not about a new version of Money Box Live on radio four presented by monkeys.

@bombis

With this speed of new threats humankind will cease to exist soon

U OK hun?

"Always look on the bright side of life!!" As the Monty Python song goes. 😎

@bombis

I am not moving this post anywhere. Coronavirus should be changed to End of the word section.

You need to channel some REM.

@SomeKindOfFloppyWeirdo

The title and first post look like someone made an AI bot read mumsnet for half an hour then got it to write its own post

(Sorry OP!)

I would love that! Shall we start a campaign for our own MN pet bot?

I try to keep positive attitude towards life but sometimes there is too many viruses and bacteria round.

FFS.

We're swilling with bacteria in our own bodies. Do you not know that?!

And viruses have been around since God's dog was a puppy. (Love that phrase).

There are always viruses and bacteria around. Your body is full of millions of them.

@SomeKindOfFloppyWeirdo

The title and first post look like someone made an AI bot read mumsnet for half an hour then got it to write its own post

(Sorry OP!)

I would love to see what they came up with if this happened

@bombis you need to calm down.

We’ve lived alongside billions of viruses and bacteria for millions of years. Looking at it like that it’s amazing we haven’t been in this situation before really. We’ve lived alongside flesh-eating bacteria barely thinking about it day to day.

This isn’t an extinction event (monkey pox or covid).

Looking at it like that it’s amazing we haven’t been in this situation before really

To clarify I mean in our lifetimes.

We are now as far as delta or maybe even further but there is long way to omega. All sorts of variants can come along.

Monkeybox sounds like some kind of incomprehensible social media platform that The Youth use.

“God, Mum, nobody’s on Tiktok now! I put all my rap sonnet mashups on Monkeybox.”

@bombis

We are now as far as delta or maybe even further but there is long way to omega. All sorts of variants can come along.

Yes, and we’ll deal with them as they come 🤷‍♀️

Stop borrowing problems from tomorrow as a wise woman once said to me. (It was me. In the mirror. I’m the wise woman. I will not be open to discussion exploring this further.)

How fast? Like can I spunk my mortgage payment this month on champagne and caviar?

Monkeypox is not a serious illness

It will be now the media's got hold of it

@PickAChew

Bananas.

If you insist

We're swilling with bacteria in our own bodies. Do you not know that?!

We're about one part in 50 bacteria by mass, so more than a kilogram in most people. Fun fact!