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It's weird in hindsight that we didn't develop a vaccine against monkeypox, if it still can be deadly. (Or did we and I am misinformed?) I guess now that we hav
by kettleballroll 4y ago
It's weird in hindsight that we didn't develop a vaccine against monkeypox, if it still can be deadly. (Or did we and I am misinformed?) I guess now that we have outbreaks all over the world, it's probably too late to start another COVID like effort.
- pvg 4y agoBecause monkeypox is not highly transmissible and smallpox vaccine is effective against it. And we have a lot of smallpox vaccine. https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1527358140941234176 https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1527358140941234176 https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/05/monkeypox-outbreak-covid-pandemic/629920/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/05/monkeypox...
- citboin 4y agoThe USG just ordered 13 million doses of Monkeypox vaccine: https://fortune.com/2022/05/19/monkeypox-vaccine-purchase-2022-us-government/ https://fortune.com/2022/05/19/monkeypox-vaccine-purchase-20...
- pkaye 4y agoBARDA officials say the order was not related to the monkeypox cases. https://www.axios.com/2022/05/20/smallpox-vaccine-order-monkeypox https://www.axios.com/2022/05/20/smallpox-vaccine-order-monk...
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- christkv 4y agoThere is one vaccine JYNNEOS that is effective against monkey pox
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