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Probably yes. In the literature Small pox vaccination protects against monkey pox. And such DNA viruses are very stable. The interesting part is that you can g

Probably yes. In the literature Small pox vaccination protects against monkey pox. And such DNA viruses are very stable. The interesting part is that you can get pretty much any vaccine except the small pox vaccine now. Figure that out. They’ll give a six month baby a hepatitis b vaccine in case it has… sex or shoots iv drugs? But vaccinating for the most deadly disease ever? Can’t do it. The rational is that there’s no need given small pox has been eradicated. Yet many of the pandemic scenarios specifically cite small/monkey pox as the disease vector precisely because it’s bad and no one is immune any more. The responsible thing would be to allow the vaccine to be taken voluntarily by adults. A certain section of the population would become immune and bring us much closer to herd immunity and either protect against an out break or very much slow it down.

Vecr 4y ago
Babies can get HepB from being born, it's pretty messy, fluids of all types get everywhere, including in the baby's eyes. That's why the WHO recommends a "birth dose" if it's possible the mother is infected. You get another two doses separated by six months after that for more durable and improved protection, so you don't have to start the whole three dose 1.5 year long series again when you want to have sex or become a medical worker or whatever. Otherwise, I totally agree with your points on smallpox, you really should be able to get vaccinated if you want to.
- rlanday 4y ago
  It can be transmitted between family members too. I would hazard a guess that, given the risk factors for hepatitis B include being an IV drug user who shares needles, there’s probably a correlation between the mother and/or the father having hepatitis B and not bringing their kid back to get vaccinated later.
nytesky 4y ago
Smallpox vaccine is contagious (live virus varicella I think) and can have awful side effects (full body blisters, death) for people with eczema which is far more common. Even without exzema, side effects are hard.
- gus_massa 4y ago
  It would be nice to make a mRNA vaccine now against smallpox, but my guess is that it will be difficult to recover the cost. Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine#MVA-BN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine#MVA-BN there is a new non-replicating vaccine from 2013.

Vecr 4y ago

Babies can get HepB from being born, it's pretty messy, fluids of all types get everywhere, including in the baby's eyes. That's why the WHO recommends a "birth dose" if it's possible the mother is infected. You get another two doses separated by six months after that for more durable and improved protection, so you don't have to start the whole three dose 1.5 year long series again when you want to have sex or become a medical worker or whatever. Otherwise, I totally agree with your points on smallpox, you really should be able to get vaccinated if you want to.

rlanday 4y ago
It can be transmitted between family members too. I would hazard a guess that, given the risk factors for hepatitis B include being an IV drug user who shares needles, there’s probably a correlation between the mother and/or the father having hepatitis B and not bringing their kid back to get vaccinated later.

nytesky 4y ago

Smallpox vaccine is contagious (live virus varicella I think) and can have awful side effects (full body blisters, death) for people with eczema which is far more common. Even without exzema, side effects are hard.

gus_massa 4y ago
It would be nice to make a mRNA vaccine now against smallpox, but my guess is that it will be difficult to recover the cost. Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine#MVA-BN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine#MVA-BN there is a new non-replicating vaccine from 2013.