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minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoToday 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
minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoIs 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
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoYes, partial immunity: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/smallpox-monkeypox.html
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
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
Yes, partial immunity: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/smallpox-monkeypox.html