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RockRaven

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2. Yes, they are related. Both are in the Orthopoxvirus genus. Neither is the ancestor of the other

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Fri Aug 5, 2022, 11:00 AM

Aug 2022

but rather they share a common ancestor. The old smallpox vaccine is 85% effective in preventing transmission and/or reducing symptoms (or would be if said vaccinations were current, but people haven't been getting smallpox vaccines for ~4 decades).

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Is Monkeypox related to Smallpox? [View all] question everything Aug 2022 OP

Yes but... flamingdem Aug 2022 #1

The last smallpox outbreak in this country was 1948. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2022 #4

Yes, but articles I've seen say a booster may be needed SheltieLover Aug 2022 #5

Perhaps. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2022 #11

Yes, they are related. Both are in the Orthopoxvirus genus. Neither is the ancestor of the other RockRaven Aug 2022 #2

No most of us were not AkFemDem Aug 2022 #3

I did not know that! As a bommer I got all the vaccines in the late 40s and 50s question everything Aug 2022 #6

Me, too, except I got them in the 50s and 60s. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #15

...or people who engaged in certain foreign travel after 1972 Effete Snob Aug 2022 #9

Same family of virus as small pox, but less severe, here is link to the CDC guidance on Monkeypox, ShazamIam Aug 2022 #7

Thank you for the information. Thus, so far there is no need for mass vaccination? question everything Aug 2022 #8

Your welcome, I had been meaning to get clear on it for myself. I do agree with the, "emergency," ShazamIam Aug 2022 #10

Monkeypox philipcorndive Aug 2022 #12

Lots of studies claim smallpox shots last a lifetime womanofthehills Aug 2022 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2022 #14