US Monkeypox Outbreak , Is Worse Than CDC’s Initial Report.<br />Although initial reports of the monkeypox outbreak <br />in the United States didn't raise alarms, .<br />some experts fear the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has <br />underestimated the severity.<br />NPR reports many of those who have tested positive for monkeypox haven't traveled or come into contact with others confirmed <br />to have carried the virus.<br />which leads health experts to believe <br />the virus has cryptically spread in communities around the country.<br />The fact that we can't reconstruct the transmission chain means <br />that we are likely missing a <br />lot of links in that chain. , Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University, via NPR.<br />And that means that those <br />infected people haven't had the opportunity to receive medicines <br />to help them recover faster and not develop severe symptoms. , Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University, via NPR.<br />Experts say the nation's health officials have failed thus far when it comes to monkeypox testing.<br />We have no concept of the scale of the monkeypox outbreak in the U.S. , Joseph Osmundson, a biologist at New York University, via NPR.<br />Though the CDC had already developed <br />a lab-ready monkeypox test.<br />as the need for testing has grown, the agency's system has failed health providers.<br />Time is not on our side here. , Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University, via NPR
