@return2ozma to United States | News & [email protected] • 1 month agoU.S. confirms first case of more aggressive strain of mpoxwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square5arrow-up132arrow-down13cross-posted to: news
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minus-squaredavel [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoToday is a good day to be smallpox vaccine years old. https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/49/4/489/47117/THE-END-OF-ROUTINE-SMALLPOX-VACCINATION-IN-THE
minus-square[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoIs there any partial immunity conferred by this? I wasn’t sure if monkeypox is a virus related enough for the vaccine to have that effect. The smallpox vaccine does nothing against chicken pox, for example
minus-squaredavel [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoYes, partial immunity: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/smallpox-monkeypox.html
Today is a good day to be smallpox vaccine years old.
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/49/4/489/47117/THE-END-OF-ROUTINE-SMALLPOX-VACCINATION-IN-THE
Is there any partial immunity conferred by this? I wasn’t sure if monkeypox is a virus related enough for the vaccine to have that effect. The smallpox vaccine does nothing against chicken pox, for example
Yes, partial immunity: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/smallpox-monkeypox.html