1. There is no approved vaccine specifically for Monkey Pox. The vaccine the CDC recommends is JYNNEOS, which is a smallpox vaccine that is also effective against Monkey Pox.
2. Why would I? Here are the CDC's indicators,
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/vaccines/vaccine-recommendations.html :
You had known or suspected exposure to someone with mpox
You had a sex partner in the past 2 weeks who was diagnosed with mpox
You are a gay, bisexual, or other man who has sex with men or a transgender, nonbinary, or gender-diverse person who in the past 6 months has had any of the following:
A new diagnosis of one or more sexually transmitted diseases (e.g., chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis)
More than one sex partner
You have had any of the following in the past 6 months:
Sex at a commercial sex venue (like a sex club or bathhouse)
Sex related to a large commercial event or in a geographic area (city or county for example) where mpox virus transmission is occurring
You have a sex partner with any of the above risks
You anticipate experiencing any of the above scenarios
You are at risk for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses (e.g., certain people who work in a laboratory or a healthcare facility).Also, Monkey Pox, for now, is almost entirely breaking out in Africa. In sum, for all
WHO's wolf-crying alarmism, I have no current or foreseeable need.
3. a. Why would I care, part 1? I'm not an anti-vaxxer.
3. b. Why would I care, part 2? JYNNEOS is manufactured by Bavarian Nordic, not
Bogey-Pfizer or
Bogey-Moderna.
3. c. Why would I care, part 3? While I do not at all buy into the anti-Covid-vaxxer-ghoul
Died Suddenly baloney-narrative and have zero qualms about
Bogey-mRNA vaccine technology, the JYNNEOS vaccine is made using old-school dead/inactivated virus vaccine technology.