350,000-400,000 people are born every day on average, and in the span of 100 years, the Earth’s population has grown from 2 billion to 8 billion. Covid and all its variants have renewed discussions about global population and the effect it has on our health. If you’ve been watching the news you’ve noticed that monkeypox is spreading more rapidly in the US. Even though the death count is nowhere near as high as it was during the early coronavirus outbreak, it’s enough to make your head think we are headed towards another pandemic. Jack Russo has Dr. Leonard Hayflick explain why monkeypox is being blown way out of proportion even after the WHO just declared monkeypox to be an emergency.

Read more about the US's monkeypox response HERE.