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U.S. confirms first case of more aggressive strain of mpox (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, partial immunity: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/smallpox-monkeypox.html