According to the Florida Department of Health, Duval County has seven confirmed cases.
Despite this data, Dr. Jeffrey Goldhagen with UF Health Jacksonville says parents should not panic.
“They should relatively have little concern. What we know today about monkeypox is that it is spread primarily through intimate contact in particular through sexual contact,” said Goldhagen. “At this point in time what we know is that in fact children in schools should be at relatively low very very low risk,” said Goldhagen.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says children make up less than 0.1% of confirmed monkeypox cases. As of Aug. 3,
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