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Aug 15, 2022 • 50 tweets • 8 min read
Thread 1/ The UKHSA monkeypox vaccine statement (which they've been forced to issue sooner rather than later IMO - because of the internal NHS letter which was leaked to the FT). Let's get into it:
2/UKHSA "procuring 150,000 doses for the UK from the global manufacturer of smallpox vaccines. The initial delivery of around 50,000 doses – the maximum amount immediately available – has been rolled out at pace to provide as much protection to as many eligible people as possible
Jun 30, 2022 • 31 tweets • 8 min read
1/ Ok. Monkeypox. Let's go:
First of all - this landscape changes very quickly and there's not enough data from this current outbreak to make confident and bold statements but let's try to establish a few things where we can
2/ Monkeypox is NOT a sexually transmitted infection although it CAN be passed on during sex due to skin to skin contact. Similar to the way shigella is not an STI but can be passed on during sex. Monkeypox is NOT 'a gay disease' but this current outbreak is mainly
