Tiagong Astra Zeneca Covid Vaccine is behind the surge in Monkeypox cases. You think so?

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[syed putra]

If it affects UK mostly, and jiu hu, then its true.

 

[glockman]

Yes I think so. Got monkey juice inside the vaccine. Heng ah, pap didn't use AZ.

 

[SBFNews]

Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 12 countries​

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More than 80 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in at least 12 countries.
The World Health Organization has said another 50 suspected cases are being investigated - without naming any countries - and warned that more cases are likely to be reported.

Infections have been confirmed in nine European countries, as well as the US, Canada and Australia.

Monkeypox is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa.

It is a rare viral infection which is usually mild and from which most people recover in a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.

The virus does not spread easily between people and the risk to the wider public is said to be very low.

There is no specific vaccine for monkeypox, but a smallpox jab offers 85% protection since the two viruses are quite similar.

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So far, public health agencies in Europe have confirmed cases in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden.

In a statement on Friday, the WHO said that the recent outbreaks "are atypical, as they are occurring in non-endemic countries".

It said it was "working with the affected countries and others to expand disease surveillance to find and support people who may be affected".

It is not yet clear why this unusual outbreak is happening now.

One possibility is that the virus has changed in some way, although currently there is little evidence to suggest this is a new variant.

Another explanation is that the virus has found itself in the right place at the right time to thrive.

Monkeypox may also spread more easily than it did in the past, when the smallpox vaccine was widely used.

WHO's Europe regional director Hans Kluge warned that "as we enter the summer season... with mass gatherings, festivals and parties, I am concerned that transmission could accelerate".

He added that all but one of the recent cases had no relevant travel history to areas where monkeypox was endemic.

The first case of the disease in the UK was reported on 7 May. The patient had recently travelled to Nigeria, where they are believed to have caught the virus before travelling to England, the UK Health Security Agency said.

There are now 20 confirmed cases in the UK, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Friday.

Authorities in the UK said they had bought stocks of the smallpox vaccine and started offering it to those with "higher levels of exposure" to monkeypox.

Spanish health authorities have also reportedly purchased thousands of smallpox jabs to deal with the outbreak, according to Spanish newspaper El País.

Australia's first case was detected in a man who fell ill after travelling to the UK, the Victorian Department of Health said.

In North America, health authorities in the US state of Massachusetts confirmed that a man has been infected after recently travelling to Canada. He was in "good condition" and "poses no risk to the public", officials said.

 

[SBFNews]

https://www.healthline.com/health/adult-vaccines/astrazeneca-vaccine#important-information

Important information about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine​

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, now called Vaxzevria, is a viral vector vaccine, just like the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

It uses a chimpanzee adenovirus to carry spike proteins from the coronavirus into your body to create an immune response. It can also be kept in a regular refrigerator, unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Although mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna are actually easier to produce more quickly, the cold chain storage required to bring them to lower-income countries does not exist. This is why the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are incredibly important to global health.

Despite initial pauses about its safety regarding blood clots, the AstraZeneca vaccine has been deemed safe by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and is still recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

 

[laksaboy]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spore-gives-122400-doses-of-astrazenecas-vaccine-to-indonesia

S'pore gives 122,400 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Indonesia​

Be careful when bonking vaxxed Indons.

 

[laksaboy]

This is what happens to a person with full-blown monkeypox.