Belgium just made monkeypox quarantine mandatory for 21 days. Rob Moore reports that 14 countries have confirmed cases and UK doctors warn of a sharp rise. He stresses the need for accurate information and responsible discussion, not panic.
So this is a little scary, um, but news has just broken that Belgium has become the first country to make quarantine compulsory for monkeypox. Now I've been watching what's going on with the monkeypox outbreak, if you can call it that, and hoping that it will come to nothing and hoping to not share any news on it. But breaking news right now is that Belgium are making a compulsory quarantine. So if anyone tests positive for monkeypox in Belgium, they must isolate for 21 days. Now, 14 countries have confirmed that there are cases of monkeypox in, in their country. And after what we've all gone through, one, this is potentially scary news, but two, I think it would be good if we could all share the news and get ahead of this now that hopefully we have a bit of experience of these things happening. And I certainly hope that there's no kind of conspiracy behind this. So, and Belgium has become the first country to introduce a compulsory 21-day monkeypox quarantine. 14 countries now confirm they have outbreaks of the viral disease, and doctors are warning of a significant rise in cases in the UK. So those who have any contact with the virus in Belgium have to self-isolate for 3 weeks. The first cases were confirmed on Friday, linked to a festival in Antwerp. Now, I'm just letting you know. I'm not going to spread any doom or whatever. I'm just letting you know. If you want to let others know, feel free to share. If you want to crack on with your life, feel free to crack on with your life. But 2 years ago, something else like this started, and it went pretty wild, let's be honest. And it caused a lot of mayhem. So surely it would be wise to take it seriously, to see what is going on. And now that we've got experience before, maybe we can go into this with a little bit more foresight. Now some people are going to say, rebel against everything, do not comply, and others are going to have a different view. I would love your thoughts and your view on the situation. Let me just tell you the breaking news. The breaking news is that Belgium has become the first country to introduce a compulsory monkeypox quarantine. If you have the symptoms of monkeypox in Belgium, Belgium, you must self-isolate for 21 days. 14 countries have now confirmed, um, cases of the outbreak. And doctors in the UK are warning of a significant rise. I'll be completely honest with you, I've kind of not really been watching this too much, just kind of hoping that it would go away, hoping that it wouldn't become a thing. Um, it's now maybe become a thing, uh, and I'm not spreading any conspiracy any hoax or anything. I'm just telling you, I've checked some sources. I believe this news to be factual and true. And when, honestly, you know, when I was told about quarantine and lockdown 2 years ago, I didn't believe it would happen. And now, 2 years on, we have more knowledge, we have more information, uh, and we see the cost and the consequence to our society both of a virus, an outbreak, a pandemic, but also of the consequences of a lockdown and of quarantines and of isolations. So we have hopefully a little bit more knowledge this time. Will we use this knowledge wisely, or will we just all go wild again? And some people go, hoax, do not comply, and then other people just, oh, panic, I don't know. Um, it's not scaremongering. I'm just telling you what the news is, just so you know. I've got to— Terry said, get to the point, bro. I have. I've said it twice. I'll say it again. Belgium have become the first country to introduce compulsory monkeypox quarantine. If you test positive in Belgium, you must isolate for 21 days. 14 days have— uh, 14 countries now have the outbreak. Um, and the UK is saying that they're seeing a significant rise in cases. That's the news. I do recommend that you share this. As you can see, I am not scared, I am not scaremongering. I've waited to comment on this until something seems to be specific and factual, and now Belgium have been the first country. If you get monkeypox, you must quarantine for 21 days. So do you think this is because of what happened with COVID And is this going to be perhaps a new normal where if there are outbreaks of viruses, maybe that we, we do have to self-isolate? I hope they don't make us lock down again, but of course that depends on, you know, how deadly the virus is. Anyway, you have been warned, you have been told, it's as simple as that. I would love your thoughts in the comments because I always love your thoughts in the comments. What do you think is really going on? Let's have a discussion. But there is no scaremongering, there is no doomsdaying from me. I have said nothing about monkeypox until now, until something specific and factual has come out. But this is now 2.0 because we're— COVID is 1.0. So please do hit the share button, please do inform others. This news has just broken. Belgium's become the first country to introduce compulsory monkeypox quarantine. If you have tested positive for the monkeypox virus in Belgium, you must isolate 21 days. 14 countries have an outbreak. The UK doctors are saying that they're with their warning of a significant rise. That's what's happened so far. We should watch this very closely. Thanks for tuning in. I do recommend you warn others. I do recommend we discuss what's going on in the comments. And as ever, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.
