The first case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in Canyon County.

Southwest District Health announced Tuesday that the case was detected in mid-November in a male Canyon County resident.

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    The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus,[a] a zoonotic virus in the genus Orthopoxvirus. The variola virus, the causative agent of the disease smallpox, is also in this genus. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with infected skin or body fluids, including sexual contact.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox

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      including sexual contact

      I mean, are we at risk of anyone at all fucking someone from Idaho? It’s the world capital of potato-brained conservatives. No one on earth wants any of that gravy.

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        The Mormon church is currently joining a long list of other religions taking advantage of people in Africa. The source likely some teenager coming back from their “mission” early.

        They send home a steady stream of missionaries for fucking everything that moves. They even have a standard procedure of covering up the illegal assaults they do.

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          I just looked up the Mormon population of Idaho on worldatlas.com and holy shitballs that’s a lot of Mormons!

          From the site:

          The number of Mormons is approximately 444,614 people which translates to 26.42% of the total population.