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Monkeypox cases under investigation in Canada as outbreak spreads in Europe, USA

• lurquer 4y ago
  Vaccine approved in 2019. What a coincidence. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-live-non-replicating-vaccine-prevent-smallpox-and-monkeypox https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...
  • hulitu 4y ago
    There are more coincidencies on the German wikipedia page of the manufacturer. ( company was requested to make a smallpox vaccine). It's a tough world and companies must survive somehow.
  • petre 4y ago
    ”Monkeypox was first identified in the 1950s when two outbreaks occurred in colonies of monkeys used for research purposes, with the first human case reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” It has been around since 1970. Not a coincidence.
    • nly 4y ago
      Reminds me of HIV
    • lurquer 4y ago
      Good thing the cluster of cases (from a virus that has been known for over 50 years) waited until after the vaccine was approved.
      • petre 4y ago
        It's probably the other way around: they already knew about other clusters of cases before they re-approved the vaccine, it just didn't make it in the news. The virus might also have been present in monkeys but did not cause disease until the monkeys were stressed due to being locked in cages and used for research. There's no need for conspiracy theories here.
        • lurquer 4y ago
          > It's probably the other way around: they already knew about other clusters of cases before they re-approved the vaccine, it just didn't make it in the news. Source? Over 100 cases on several continents within days? The ‘k’ in monkeypox is silent.