MOS: MERS
Over 2,300 people were tested for MERS during the months of the World Cup, and there wasn’t a single positive test.
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MOS: The 2022-2023 Monkeypox Outbreak
The outbreak mostly died down, but not without nearly 100,000 cases, 169 confirmed global fatalities as of January 2024, and a heaping dose of panic.
Daily MOS: Was the ‘Russian Flu’ a Coronavirus?
The illness had symptoms that sound oddly familiar. Cough, fever, pneumonia, and cases tended to be worse for older people and those with pre-existing illnesses.
Daily MOS: Onesimus, the Slave who Taught the Colonizers to Vaccinate
A smallpox epidemic hit in the hub. With that came the New World’s first introduction to the concept of variolation. But they didn’t choose to adopt this life saving technology en masse.