Got my smallpox vax! Even if you think mpox is low-threat (and I do) I still recommend a pox vax. Since international relations are crumbling & biotech's getting cheaper, I expect in my lifetime *someone* will try bringing back one of history's deadliest viruses. [1/5] 
(In case you weren't aware, the vaccines they're distributing for the new monkeypox weren't designed for or based off mpox. They were for smallpox. It's the same vax. Thankfully, small-, monkey-, and cow- all give decent cross-immunity. {chickenpox is not a true poxvirus.}) [2/5]
They stopped vaxxing public for smallpox in 70s coz the eradication campaign worked + ring-vax had nasty side effects. Jynneos is safe(r); only side-effect I got was more hunger that day. If you're born >1972 & it's free for your demographic, I think the cost-benefit works! [3/5]
Re: my threat-assessment of mpox, I think we're in a forest full of dry underbrush, but *this particular* lightning bolt won't burn us all. Still fragile, something something black swans, prepare not predict. But *this* bolt: low R0, very low fatality, curve bent ~1mo ago: [4/5]
In sum: sharing my mental model in 280-char chunks sucks & I hate it.
Anyway, hope this was an interesting data point: I'm not worried about mpox, yet got the vax anyway for future-poxvirus-warfare-defense reasons! If it's free for your demographic, I recommend it.
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Anyway, hope this was an interesting data point: I'm not worried about mpox, yet got the vax anyway for future-poxvirus-warfare-defense reasons! If it's free for your demographic, I recommend it.
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