Anyone getting the MonkeyPox vaccine?

[f1jim]

https://consumer.healthday.com/monkeypo ... 24946.html

[ch47gunnergirl]

Not at this time, while I wasn't vaccinated against smallpox as a child, I did get it prior to deploying to OIF/OEF. I should still have "some" immunity against it. I am also not in any high-risk group for it. I am considering getting a smallpox booster though since it has been about 19 years since my initial jab.

[rickfm]

Nope.

But I will be avoiding any and all bathhouses and pride parades.

[jay kaye]

I had smallpox vaccine as a child and I hear that it is still protective. But if it wasn't I don't think I would get the vaccine. as far as i know I m not in the demographics that is at risk.

J

[Ilove dogs46]

I got vaccinated for the second time when I was 23. The first time I was a baby and the second time I had a big reaction. One big pox at the test sight and huge swelling under my arm in the lymph node. I think i am protected. Sure would hate to have those nasty pox all over my body. It was very painful. Rebia aka americaninca. New name as I had to re register to get back in when something changed.

[Vanilla Orchid]

I don't think the vaccines are generally available yet in our area for people in my demographic. If that changes, I'll consider it.

[Keepyerplantieson]

The vaccine isn't broadly available here nor is it being recommended for the general public. When/if the time comes that is available and recommended, I will likely get it.

[Vanilla Orchid]

The vaccine isn't broadly available here nor is it being recommended for the general public. When/if the time comes that is available and recommended, I will likely get it.

Love your screen name!

[KatherineUK]

Nope.

But I will be avoiding any and all bathhouses and pride parades.

how about your closet gay friends all of whom have wives and kids?

[kimba]

No.

[Vanilla Orchid]

We can all get it if we happen to touch someone who is infected or a surface of something they have touched. So far, no one I know has told me they are infected. Hope it doesn't happen, but if it does, it makes sense to be protected.

My husband and I have been pretty careful anyway because of Covid, but M. pox spreads by touch not air, unlike Covid. So, the precautions need to be different--or in addition to what we are already doing.