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Because the article talks about the theoretical effectiveness of smallpox vaccines against monkeypox but that no vaccine (smallpox or monkeypox) is currently ap

by dthul 4y ago

Because the article talks about the theoretical effectiveness of smallpox vaccines against monkeypox but that no vaccine (smallpox or monkeypox) is currently approved in Switzerland (the smallpox vaccine was approved in the past but is not anymore since its eradication)

nix23 4y ago
Vaccine does not need to be re-approved. If it is approved it stays like that, if nothing happens, but it's not approved for monkey-pox. And this is the vaccine: Smallpox (J07BX) https://www.swissmedic.ch/dam/swissmedic/de/dokumente/marktueberwachung/vigilance/zusammenfassung_zudeninderschweizgemeldetenunerwuenschtenereigni.pdf.download.pdf/zusammenfassung_zudeninderschweizgemeldetenunerwuenschtenereigni.pdf https://www.swissmedic.ch/dam/swissmedic/de/dokumente/marktu... The smallpox vaccine is still administered (but not mandatory anymore) and that report is from 2015, it's about side effect from vaccines. Side Effects = administered And why is that if it is "eradicated"? https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/08/28/smallpox-could-return-years-after-eradication/?sh=7fb660c332bf https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/08/28/smallpox-co... >>Ein Heilmittel gegen die Pocken existiert nicht. Lediglich eine vorbeugende Schutzimpfung ist möglich. >>There is no cure for smallpox. Only preventive vaccination is possible. https://tropeninstitut.de/krankheiten-a-z/pocken https://tropeninstitut.de/krankheiten-a-z/pocken A friend of mine got one ~2 years ago for traveling to Mongolia.
- dthul 4y ago
  So what it boils down to: The old (1st generation) vaccine is still being held in storage but currently not available to the general public (says https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/variola.html https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten..., FAQ number 10). It could be made available in case of an outbreak. There is no approval for any of the more modern vaccines.

by dthul 4y ago

nix23 4y ago

Vaccine does not need to be re-approved. If it is approved it stays like that, if nothing happens, but it's not approved for monkey-pox. And this is the vaccine: Smallpox (J07BX) https://www.swissmedic.ch/dam/swissmedic/de/dokumente/marktueberwachung/vigilance/zusammenfassung_zudeninderschweizgemeldetenunerwuenschtenereigni.pdf.download.pdf/zusammenfassung_zudeninderschweizgemeldetenunerwuenschtenereigni.pdf https://www.swissmedic.ch/dam/swissmedic/de/dokumente/marktu... The smallpox vaccine is still administered (but not mandatory anymore) and that report is from 2015, it's about side effect from vaccines. Side Effects = administered And why is that if it is "eradicated"? https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/08/28/smallpox-could-return-years-after-eradication/?sh=7fb660c332bf https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/08/28/smallpox-co... >>Ein Heilmittel gegen die Pocken existiert nicht. Lediglich eine vorbeugende Schutzimpfung ist möglich. >>There is no cure for smallpox. Only preventive vaccination is possible. https://tropeninstitut.de/krankheiten-a-z/pocken https://tropeninstitut.de/krankheiten-a-z/pocken A friend of mine got one ~2 years ago for traveling to Mongolia.

dthul 4y ago
So what it boils down to: The old (1st generation) vaccine is still being held in storage but currently not available to the general public (says https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/variola.html https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten..., FAQ number 10). It could be made available in case of an outbreak. There is no approval for any of the more modern vaccines.