ON SOME CLOTHING OR SURFACE. JOINING US NOW IS DR. DANIEL KURITZKES, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ED: THE CDC SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 13 CASES SO FAR IN MASSACHUSETTS. WILL SOME OF THOSE EXTRA DOSES COME HERE - AND HOW WILL HOSPITALS DISTRIBUTE THEM? >> WHO IS IN NEED OF VACCINATION, RIGHT NOW, TWICE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWN EXPOSURE, SOMEBODY WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MONKEYPOX, THEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE A POSSIBLE EX PAUSCH SURE SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE MONKEYPOX AND DUND KNOW FOR CERTAIN JUST YET. >> WE KNOW THAT MONKEYPOX IS RARE IN THE U.S. BUT WE'VE HAD OUTBREAKS BEFORE. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT? >> WITH HAVE. THE BIGGEST WITHIN WITH IN THE MIDWEST THAT WAS SPREAD BY PRAIRIE DOGS THAT HAD BECOME INFECTED FROM IL LYLE IMPORTED ANIMALS THAT ALSO CARRIED MONKEYPOX. THIS SEEMS TO BE SPREADING PRIMARILY BY VERY CLOSE SEXUAL CONTACT BE A NOT IT SIXLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE BUT THE SAME KIND OF PHYSICAL NEARNESS THAT WOULD RELATE TO HAVING SEX IS WHAT US LYING THE SPREAD AND THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE HAVE TOON IN THE PAST. I WANT TO PK UP ON THAT. MOST HAVE INVOLVED MEN HAVING SEX WITH OTHER MEN. THAT'S THE ONLY GROUP OF PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK NOW. NO. THERE IS NOTHING MEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN AND THE GREAT HE RISK IT IS ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE. BEFORE HE SEX PARTNERS YOU MAY HAVE AND IF YOU HAVE SEX WITH PEOPLE WHOM YOU MAY NOT KNOW ESPECIALLY WELL. THATS THE SOMEBODY SHY. >> AND WE SNOW FAR, THE U.S. SO FAR, THE U-S HAS IDENTIFIED 308 CASES OF MONKEYPOX, BUT AGAIN, THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO DEATHS. DOES THAT MEAN MONKEYPOX IS A MILD DISEASE? >> BUY ANG LARGE, IT IS OF MORE MILDER THAN SMALLPOX. YES. IT CAN BE FARLEY UNCOME FOIBLE THOUGH. THE LESIONS AND THE POX CAN BE PAINFUL IF THEY OH KIND SENSITIVE PARTS OF THE ODD DY. THERE IS TREATMENT AVAILABLE. THAT IS IMPORTANT THING FOR FOAM KNOW AND ANOTHER REASON WHY PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RASH HAVE BLIST HES AND LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE CHICKENPOX SHOULD GET TEST