13. To date, no one has died from monkeypox during the current outbreak in the United States. The strains currently circulating in the US are far less deadly than those stemming from a different branch of the monkeypox evolutionary tree, and the CDC says that “[o]ver 99% of people who get this form of the disease are likely to survive.”
The CDC cautions, however, that “people with weakened immune systems, children under 8 years of age, people with a history of eczema, and people who are pregnant or breastfeeding may be more likely to get seriously ill or die.”
