I awoke this morning to a headline that seemed strangely familiar.

"Two more mpox cases detected!" it screamed at the top of page one (exclamation point mine). The accompanying story detailed how a 12-year-old boy in Calabarzon and 26-year-old woman in Manila had been infected with the African-based virus previously known as monkeypox, bringing the total number in the Philippines to 14 since 2022.

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