You are correct, but it needs to be determined it’s actually monkeypox which is rare outside of Africa and who are the initial spreaders to determine which variant of monkeypox. There are 2 vaccines, both are licensed only for people considered at high risk of contracting the disease because they are not entirely safe. In the 2003 Monkeypox outbreak in the U.S., smallpox vaccine was deployed to persons considered at high risk only.
just because Monkeypox is related to Smallpox, this does not in any way mean that it represents a similar public health threat - no need to vaccinate everyone and instead use public health measures (quarantine & treat those infected and find the link as close human contact required to spread) and definitely not a fear porn media blitz.
Well, monkeypox is considerably less lethal than smallpox, but from the fatality rates I've seen it's definitely not something you want to catch. Plus people with monkeypox get scars...
I know my parents got the smallpox vaccine when they were young. In Norway the smallpox vaccine was actually mandated between 1810 to 1976. My dad still has a small scar from the vaccination.
Yes I have the scar too. It’s definitely something you don’t want, but neither do you want the vaccine unless in high risk. It’s mostly spread by contact with someone who has it. The big LGBT+ festival drawing 80000 from all over most likely started this. Last time in US was 2003 and I don’t remember any media fear.
There have actually been a few monkepox cases in the West last year I believe in people who travelled from Africa. But there wasn't really a lot of community spreading that we are seeing now. My suspicion is that either something with the disease mutated/changed or we have these high number of cases because of close contacts at these raves. Time will tell how this plays out.
Monkeypox is a virus, so it cannot be treated with antibiotics. Looks like they are already talking about buying smallpox vaccines though.
You are correct, but it needs to be determined it’s actually monkeypox which is rare outside of Africa and who are the initial spreaders to determine which variant of monkeypox. There are 2 vaccines, both are licensed only for people considered at high risk of contracting the disease because they are not entirely safe. In the 2003 Monkeypox outbreak in the U.S., smallpox vaccine was deployed to persons considered at high risk only.
just because Monkeypox is related to Smallpox, this does not in any way mean that it represents a similar public health threat - no need to vaccinate everyone and instead use public health measures (quarantine & treat those infected and find the link as close human contact required to spread) and definitely not a fear porn media blitz.
Well, monkeypox is considerably less lethal than smallpox, but from the fatality rates I've seen it's definitely not something you want to catch. Plus people with monkeypox get scars...
I know my parents got the smallpox vaccine when they were young. In Norway the smallpox vaccine was actually mandated between 1810 to 1976. My dad still has a small scar from the vaccination.
Yes I have the scar too. It’s definitely something you don’t want, but neither do you want the vaccine unless in high risk. It’s mostly spread by contact with someone who has it. The big LGBT+ festival drawing 80000 from all over most likely started this. Last time in US was 2003 and I don’t remember any media fear.
There have actually been a few monkepox cases in the West last year I believe in people who travelled from Africa. But there wasn't really a lot of community spreading that we are seeing now. My suspicion is that either something with the disease mutated/changed or we have these high number of cases because of close contacts at these raves. Time will tell how this plays out.