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minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.ccAlink1•1 month 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 [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoYes, partial immunity: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/smallpox-monkeypox.html
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