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Monkeypox reported at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant as infections rise across Detroit area
The first case of monkeypox has been reported at Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) north of Detroit, a source has told the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter. No official announcement has been made by either management or the United Autoworkers.
The infection was announced in team meetings last week by management, but the company has taken no measures to quarantine potentially exposed workers or otherwise block transmission in the giant factory. The case took place in General Assembly, one of the most crowded areas in the sprawling plant, which employs over 7,000 people.
The report of a monkeypox case at Sterling Heights Assembly poses not just a risk to the 7,000 Stellantis employees who work there, but to the wider population in the vast surrounding metropolitan area. The disease can spread through skin-to-skin contact as well as aerosols. It can spread through contaminated fabric and surfaces, and the virus can remain alive for weeks outside the body. Contrary to the claim that monkeypox is a threat mainly to gay men, past studies indicate that over 40 percent of infections occur among women.
Detroit you say? On the downlow?
They first made great cars, then they started making great music (MoTown).
Now they just spread the pox amongst the monkeys. On the downlow.
Excuse my rayscism.