Monkeypox outbreak before election sparks "do not comply" movement
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A new mpox outbreak is driving a "do not comply" movement among conspiracy theorists who fear that health-related lockdowns will affect this year's presidential election. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency after a new strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, killed at least 450 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The highly contagious disease is now spreading across parts of Central and East Africa. A day later, Sweden's public health agency announced that it had confirmed the first known case of the...
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