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Doubling every 15 days apparently.
Supine
Newt Member
It’s already being given to those who need it.
maomao
普費斯
Any deaths?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Who are those?
Low immune system people?
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Given the last couple of years, I would have thought that we'd learnt the lesson that viruses don't give a shit about what mandarins and bureaucrats define as "necessary". Care workers who aren't raddled with an infectious disease that they can pass onto their charges? An unaffordable luxury, according to them.
8ball
Merr xmas...
They don't do a jab in the arm like with normal vaccines?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
OK, that ain't me then.
WhyLikeThis
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US monkeypox outbreak: Demand for vaccines outstrips supply
The slow roll-out is a blow to chances of containing the outbreak, health experts warn.
www.bbc.co.uk
Thesaint
Active Member
I heard the panel of experts at the who voted no to declaring it as such, but Dr Tedros overruled them.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
A major global health crisis seems like a good time for us to have an ersatz government of barrell-scrapings and a prime minister with no motivation to do anything besides fuck things up to make life difficult for his successor.
had mine on Weds. first dose anyway. apparently need a second in ~28 days.
it's a bit surreal watching this play out, in comparison to the covid vaccine scheme.
after coverage of the vague PHE announcement that a roll out was happening, have pretty much seen nothing in the news. didn't get any email or message from the STD clinic about it. a booking page just appeared online and the link spread by word of mouth.
much sitting for a couple days refreshing that with no indication when it'd properly open, then lots of frantic WhatsApp messages to tell everyone you know to get booked before it's too late when the available appointments were added.
obviously showing all sold out now. but for info mentions the precise criteria being used. more specific than "at risk MSM" that was mentioned before. it is of course an honesty system.
elbows
Well-Known Member
They were split, 9 against and 6 for.
WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak
The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
www.reuters.com
This setup and decisions made by it have been criticised before, for being to slow or facing too complex a balancing act of competing considerations. So Im not surprised Tedros wanted to err on the side of trying to be proactive and not let the WHO fall too far behind the curve this time.
A more nuanced system is probably needed in future but global politics and health regulations are involved so it gets messy, eg when there are economic and travel implications, and the risk of countries using emergency medical rules as crude weapons in disputes with particular neighbours etc.
WhyLikeThis
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Russia is shipping monkeypox tests to CIS counties. Russia donates monkeypox test kits to Armenia, other CIS countries
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Seems pretty crap that there are no vaccines available now. Worrying times.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
8ball
Merr xmas...
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
My Spanish really isn’t that good.
Hope everyone here is managing to avoid the monkeypox. Sounds unpleasant. Keep washing your hands and stay away from electric scooters.
WhyLikeThis
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Monkeypox vaccines running out in UK
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paywall busting link for that FT article.
this from Politico also interesting.
www.politico.eu
seems like things are really struggling. everywhere
UK has ordered 150k doses, but 100k of those not arriving until September.
Guys hospital were doing walk-ins at weekends, but have had to close that due to overwhelming queues. now it's appointment only there (as was always everywhere else).
France has more doses it seems. officially government says it's for residents only, but (at least some of) the clinics ain't checking. so people going from all over Europe.
this from Politico also interesting.
Anger and anxiety stalk EU’s monkeypox vaccine lottery
Vaccine tourism is back as people seek to protect themselves against illness and stigma.
www.politico.eu
seems like things are really struggling. everywhere
UK has ordered 150k doses, but 100k of those not arriving until September.
Guys hospital were doing walk-ins at weekends, but have had to close that due to overwhelming queues. now it's appointment only there (as was always everywhere else).
France has more doses it seems. officially government says it's for residents only, but (at least some of) the clinics ain't checking. so people going from all over Europe.
Leighsw2
strictly off the record
This is such a shitshow! I don't fancy relying on a vaccine I received 56 years ago, but there seems no way to get a new vaccination for the foreseeable future. After two years away from the scene due to Covid, I was really hoping to get back out again and resume 'playing away'.
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l'Otters
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might not be much comfort but a vaccine received 56 years ago is a damn sight better than no vaccine at all…This is such a shitshow! I don't fancy relying on a vaccine I received 56 years ago, but there seems no way to get a new vaccination for the foreseeable future. After two years away from the scene due to Covid, I was really hoping to get back out again and resume 'playing away'.
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