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Boole3:
200l first semester result is out... cgpa went up to 2.34 and no COs

Seems you are catching up. That's good. Learnt any new skill or engaged in any venture yet or planning to?

It is no longer news that a disease, MonkeyPox, is in Nigeria. Fortunately, no death has been recorded. The National Centre For Disease Control, Abuja, has recorded about thirty one(31) suspected cases in seven states across Nigeria. The states include, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun and Rivers. Samples have been collected from each of the thirty one suspected cases and results are been awaited. Adverts are been run to help spread awareness and protective measures against the disease. The Federal Ministry of Health is also working with the government of various states, both affected and unaffected, to bring it under to control and prevent it from getting worse. An Emergency Operation Centre(EOP) has been instituted to help control the spread of the disease.

History

MonkeyPox was first identified in a laboratory monkey kept for research in 1958. In humans, it was first identified in a nine year old boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then known as Zaire), in 1970, in a region where, in 1968, another orthopoxvirus, smallpox, has been eliminated. The Democratic Republic of Congo experienced a minor outbreak between 1996-1997 and recently this year. Between January to April of this year, 2017, four(4) deaths were recorded in 70 cases. Most cases, before the new millennium, have been in the Congo Basin and Western Africa, until the spring of 2003 where the case was confirmed in the Midwest of the United States of America, the first time the case was identified outside Africa.


What Exactly Is MonkeyPox?

Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonosis (that is, a virus transmitted to humans from animals) that carries the monkey pox virus(a double stranded DNA zoonitic virus) and a species of the genus, Orthopoxvirus, in the family, Poxviridae. It is called Monkeypox because the first case was identified in monkeys in Denmark in 1958. The difference between monkeypox and smallpox is that in monkey pox, a milder rash and a low death rate is observed. It belongs to the same family as smallpox, chickenpox and camelpox. It can be found in animals like monkeys, prairie dogs, Gambian rats, rabbits and chimpanzees. The virus causes an illness in humans which can be fatal if not managed properly as we have seen in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic.


Symptoms of MonkeyPox

Monkeypox is not as deadly as the Ebola Virus we had some time in 2014. The symptoms range from six(6) to sixteen(16) days but can range from five(5) to twenty-one(21) days. The symptoms of the disease operate in two stages. First, their is fever, back pain, headache, swelling or enlargement of the lymph nodes also known as lymphadenopathy, muscle pain also known as myalgia and loss of energy or body weakness. The patient scratches the Instruments, scratches his or her eyelid, and the eyeballs. The rash is often a result of the enlargement of the lymph nodes. This stage is known as the incubation period.

Then their is the second stage or the skin eruption period which occurs between 1-3 days after the first stage, or incubation period has been satisfied. At this stage, the rash, swelling, headache, backache and other primary symptoms must have appeared. Ninety-five percent, 95%, of the face is affected by this rash similar to what you will find in smallpox. In the hands, palms and soles of the feet about 75% is affected. The only difference between the characteristics of monkeypox and those of smallpox is the swelling of the lymph nodes in monkeypox which is absent in smallpox. It is more severe in children and younger people. About -1 to 10% of those infected die from the disease.


What Causes MonkeyPox/How Is It Transmitted?

MonkeyPox can occur from direct contact with the blood, bodily fluids, cutaneous or mucous membrane of infected persons and animals. Contacts with respiratory secretions like cough or sneeze of infected persons or animals can lead to the spread of the virus. Animal-to-human transmission could occur through direct eating of infected animals, scratches or bites from infected animals, contact with body fluids of infected animals. Eating poorly cooked meat of infected animals could lead to the infection. Mother-child transmission could result from the passage of food to a pregnant woman to the fetus(child in the womb) through the placenta. Sharing a bed, a room or utensils with infected persons increases the chances of getting infected.


Preventions And Treatment

For now, their are NO specific treatments or vaccines for Monkeypox infection but the vaccine for smallpox cidofovir, ST-246, and vaccinia immune globulin (VIG) have been proven to be 85% effective in the prevention of monkeypox in the past. Though the vaccine is no longer available due to the eradication of smallpox.

Even though their is no known vaccine that can cure it now, their are measures that could be taken prevent the infection:
Avoid close contacts with infected persons or animals.

It is advised that Nigerians who love bush meat make sure any meat they are eating is thoroughly cooked to avoid stories that touch.

Hand washing with soap and water or alcohol based sanitizer is encouraged.

Infected persons or animals or materials suspected to have been infected must be quarantined for proper diagnosis and care.

Surveillance measures to rapidly identify new cases is very important.

Hand gloves and other protective equipments like face masks should be used when attending to patients.

A sound awareness program where people are educated on the dangers of the infection and how to survive it.


http://www.mortalpoet.com/monkeypox-all-you-need-to-know/

dejiconde:
Please house who has idea abt workforce group and how is their interview like?

They are a recruiting agency. They recruit for companies.

Argentina doesn't have a team. I stayed up late to watch that ineffectual team give away simple passes and play woefully. Messi is the only thing they have working for them.

Their right back was off. Their left back was off. The central defence, mascherano is particular, was behaving like he was possessed by Beelzebub. Otamendi was average.

The Silva and Benedicto were ineffectual. I wonder how they got that two into the team. Thanks to the covering and marking of Di Maria though he was wasteful too.

Was it Bigla? Flopped. Zero creativity in the midfield. Shaky to an average Ecuador team. Sampaoli have a lot of work to do. A lot. That team was below average.

And here are 8 things we can from his poor utterances and actions.

http://www.mortalpoet.com/8-truths-learn-president-buhari-utterances-actions/

Guys, I need your help. I can't copy files from my phone memory to my memory card. I can't delete files or rename them either in the memory card. This is the third memory card I am buying on the streets of Lagos with this problem. What do I do?

Guys, I need your help. I can't copy files from my phone memory to my memory card. I can't delete files or rename them either in the memory card. This is the third memory card I am buying on the streets of Lagos with this problem. What do I do?

How come this NwaChibuzor4 has not banned despite all his stupid utterances today. I've been seeing his insults since morning and he is still making more. Seun, Mynd44, Lalasticlala, we don't need people like this here.

63 days and nothing has been heard of it. What a country! What a people!

I don't worry about these things because www.mortalpoet.com has not given me any reason to think of speeding up.

You mean keywords. Using the right keyword is key.

Negative work in Physics, you mean.

That is what happens when an object(our money and economy) move in opposite direction(looted and destroyed) to the direction(growth) for which it was intended.

This man speaks more like a motivational speaker. I love the man though because he embodies almost everything lacking in his boss. He's got sense and good at human relationships. He is qualified to be called a Homosapien.

But the thing is, countries are not run by motivational speeches. The finance minister is also guilty of that error. A nation is run by pragmatic approaches and gerunds not by twisting the real and true.

Left to him, that broken cord in this spiritually broken country wouldn't have been further broken. When you have a dunce for a boss it rubs on you. It is like a violinist trying to strike the right sound when the conductor is a farmer.

Godhasdoneit:
Negotiable. Basically depends on the number of articles you can write

Okay. But I mean the pay/word though.

Can't see an address. What's the salary like?

Habyz:
It all boils down to the point of view of individuals and most importantly the level of knowledge.

Okay. I'm not in the mood to talk about religions.

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Habyz:
Suicide bombers don't show faith , what they show is foolishness, Islam doesn't preach hate against people or other religions.

Every religion tacitly preaches hate against other religions but not all religions preach hate against people of other religions. Don't make me talk about Islam.

chrisbaxtian:
why not just give her the description here?!

Lol. I don't know the route. I only found out that lara.ng is a good place to get directions.

Whizkiday:
Please house, how do I get to Adeola Odeku in Victoria Island from Sango

Visit lara.ng to get it. It's good for helping with locations and costs. Seems it works like Siri.

Onyemadonald:
I am an upcoming blogger, I blog at http://onyemadonald..com please I need the code for recent posts Widget. Thanks

Can you locate appearance on your menu? If you can, click on it, you'd see widget underneath. Click on widget and look for recent posts widget. Drag it down to sidebar or any other location you'd like it to be and press save. I don't know if this works for free hosted blogs though. Good luck.

Sunastech:
Contact me , let's get it done.

Can't you just help him if you can here? He is just a new blogger and needs some little guidance. Please help him if you can.

Nbote:
Kwese na Ghanaian TV, TSTV na our own... S competition is gud though

No. Kwese is owned by the Zimbabwean Billionaire Strive Masiye...That's the closest competition to DSTV. I think they have more programs than Super Sport. They have almost everything. I strongly believe they'd kick out DSTV on a fair playing field.

Read this before joining the army. Know the decision you are about to take.
http://www.mortalpoet.com/exactly-good-soldier/

http://www.mortalpoet.com/world-leaders-guns-bombs-will-give-us-peace/

Kudos, bro. This article explains what is really happening to us. We are losing it. http://www.mortalpoet.com/brothers-beggars-street-tithe-church/

hopefulLandlord:
weren't you the one that was arguing with me in the religion section sometime ago?

if yes, then I'm not confusing you, unless you're also questioning skepticism

I can't remember. But I think you are mistaken my comment. My post is not an indictment on Christianity but on how poorly Christians understand Christianity. It is not an insult to Christianity but an erroneous glorification of this current world considering what is store for the believers. That's where I am coming from.

hopefulLandlord:
fair enough, it just felt strange seeing it from you

Lol. Seems you are confusing me with some other person. My thoughts are without limits. Nothing is too holy, too spiritual, too intellectual, too esoteric to be questioned.

showafrica:
U just confused 80% of nigerians. However, truth is the process of passing through is painful just like birth but there is joy after all.

Joy? I don't really know if enlightenment gives us joy. It doesn't give me any joy in some sense. When you shed away illogical thoughts and see the corruption of the being and earth for what they truly are, I don't think you'd be sane or morally upright to have a sense of joy. E.g. How can you rejoice when you know things like Cancer and AIDS already have cures but the corrupt world is hiding it from us? Or when you see that people are being controlled and don't know it? I don't think it is joy. All these culminates in that first thought. I mean, the world is not just. It is run by terrible people who control the good ones. So what sense can one find in feeling happy you missed an escape? You feel me?

hopefulLandlord:
what happened to you? you're talking like a skeptic

Skeptic? Skepticism is not the issue here but pragmatism.