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return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

U.S. confirms first case of more aggressive strain of mpox

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U.S. confirms first case of more aggressive strain of mpox

www.nbcnews.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago
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The U.S. is the sixth country outside Africa to confirm a case of the strain, called clade I, since August.
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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Just in time too. Robert Kennedy Jr will in charge when this pandemic hits the states. We’re fucked.

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    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@lemmy.federate.cc
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      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

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

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    Lol. Ooooh…another VARIANT?! Just stay the blazes home!!!

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