I just had the first shot of the live attenuated #Jynneos vaccine against #mpox and #smallpox.

Although the Swedish government only wants to offer it to homosexual men and people in prostitution, it appears to be de facto generally available. I got it no questions asked except for allergies and such.

A Tale of Two Viruses: #Smallpox strains variola major & minor share 98% genetics but differ vastly in IFR (1% vs 30%). Now, #SARSCoV2 variants like BA.2.86 are ~99.6% similar to the original. In <10yrs, we could reach Smallpox-level diversity. Small changes, BIG risks—deadly #COVID19 variants with IFRs like #SARS or #MERS could emerge.

#EpiVerse

Edward #Jenner and the history of #smallpox and #vaccination

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1200696/pdf/bumc0018-0021.pdf

#Russland ist eines der letzten Besitzer von Pockenviren. What could possibly go wrong?

#Pocken #SmallPox #Variola #Kurzgesagt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr57ax0OWMk

The eradication of smallpox, since I first learned the story of it, has always seemed to me to be one of the greatest accomplishments of humanity. This video, by the great science explainer channel Kurzgesagt, tells the story of smallpox's virulence and its eradication, and points out the risk of forgetting the huge benefits that vaccines have brought us.

#vaccine #smallpox #infectious #disease #variola

https://youtu.be/Kr57ax0OWMk

In addition to the empathy Marie Antoinette showed to the poor — for which she got less than zero credit — she also encouraged the use of an early form of the #smallpox vaccine. Smallpox took or scarred several of Queen Marie’s relatives.

http://leahmariebrownhistoricals.blogspot.com/2012/05/marie-antoinette-and-speckled-monster.html

"Even so, some Americans are still dying from #Covid. “I don’t know anybody who thinks we’re going to eradicate Covid,” Jha said."

Can you IMAGINE if those in charge, back in the day, said that about #smallpox, and everybody just... believed it and gave up??

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid

Today's Thing of Beauty: the ruins of the #smallpox #hospital on #Roosevelt #Island #EastRiver #Manhattan #NewYork #NewYorkCity #USA In #entropy there is #ironic #beauty 2016 #photography Photo by me

'Bennett said the goal is to build a preclinical data package that shows efficacy across orthopoxviruses, which include mpox and smallpox, and then generate "robust" phase 1/2 data to inform dose selection and eventually licensure.'

#monkeypox #smallpox #vaccine

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/bio-moderna-test-mpox-vaccine-humans-summer

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'Bennett said the goal is to build a preclinical data package that shows efficacy across orthopoxviruses, which include mpox and smallpox, and then generate "robust" phase 1/2 data to inform dose selection and eventually licensure.'

#monkeypox #smallpox #vaccine

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/bio-moderna-test-mpox-vaccine-humans-summer
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If you appreciate #science and the #scientificmethod

If you understand the power of #journals that publish #fact based, peer-reviewed #research

If you cheer how #vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives from #polio and #measles and #smallpox and other deadly #diseases

...then I can't stress just how #dangerous #RFK Jr is as a dealer in #misinformation

Nor how his running for #president will amplify doubting what is settled science.

What the ACTUAL fuck?

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-kennedy-anti-vaccine-panel-conspiracies-hiv-spanish-flu-1234779689/

@petergleick

The dimwits I've encountered will not be able to glimpse the nuance.

*Love it!*

The eradication of #smallpox in the 20th century is an enormous testament to science. These facts are inaccessible to science denialist dimwits.

Catherine the Great — one of the earliest proponents and recipients of a vaccine.

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a35091190/catherine-the-great-vaccine-queen/

#vaccine #vaccination #smallpox

Smallpox and the history of vaccination
#VaccineHistory #Vaccines #smallpox #science #scicomm #canada #medicine #history

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-history/white-lie-heart-vaccine-history

TIL about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopona the Yoruba god of smallpox, and how Dr. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oguntola_Sapara fought its cult during the eradication of #smallpox

#vaccines #religion #smallpoxvaccine #til #yoruba #nigeria

Why the world should celebrate Smallpox Eradication Day (May 8).

Vox writes: "Forty-three years ago this week, the world was officially declared free of smallpox — but that should only be the beginning."

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/3/23709475/smallpox-world-health-organization-disease-covid-vaccination-health

#Disease #Vaccine #Health #Medicine #Smallpox

The last major smallpox outbreak in the Netherlands 1870-72 laid bare deep-seated social and health inequalities across Amsterdam, according to Katalin Buzasi, Sanne Muurling &Tim Riswick & in a new open access article in Social Science History.
https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2022.31

@epiverse @demography @sociology @economics @politicalscience @geography @inequalityecon @econhist #smallpox #epidemiology #epidemic #health #inequality #HealthInequality #Amsterdam #Netherlands #history #histodons #disease

For over 200 years #vaccines have been saving millions of lives across the globe, helping eradicating #smallpox & controlling deadly diseases like #polio.

That’s a result of science and research.

Learn more: https://youtu.be/SsgDcFnIfpU
#UnitedInProtection #EIW2023 #VaccinesWork

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1650946907974299648

This week we celebrate the European Immunization Week!

With our partners, we work to ensure that everyone in the 🇪🇺#EU's Neighbourhood & Enlargement regions has access to life-saving 💉#vaccines.

Together we strive to #LeaveNoOneBehind.

#VaccinesWork #EveryDoseCounts #EIW2023
RT @WHO_Europe_VPI: For over two centuries, #vaccines have safely reduced the scourge of diseases like #polio, #measles and #smallpox, helping #children grow up #healthy and happy.

Togethe…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_near/status/1650514787179044871

RT @WHO_Europe_VPI: For over two centuries, #vaccines have safely reduced the scourge of diseases like #polio, #measles and #smallpox, helping #children grow up #healthy and happy.

Together with the #EU, we work to ensure everyone across the Region has access to life-saving vaccines. #VaccinesWork

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_near/status/1650404268304744450