Monkey Pox - I'm Safe!
Jul 29, 2022 12:15:57 #
I watched a couple of videos by doctors on YouTube, and it looks like I'm safe. Not only have I been vaccinated against smallpox, but Monkey Pox is spread through sexual contact. I'm safe! 
Jul 29, 2022 12:20:11 #
Jul 29, 2022 12:38:34 #
therwol
Loc: USA
jerryc41 wrote:
I watched a couple of videos by doctors on YouTube, and it looks like I'm safe. Not only have I been vaccinated against smallpox, but Monkey Pox is spread through sexual contact. I'm safe!
I was vaccinated against smallpox as a child. I was vaccinated again when I was 22 because I was in health care in New York City, a port of entry for potential cases. I'm not worried about it on multiple levels.
Jul 29, 2022 12:44:23 #
therwol
Loc: USA
jerryc41 wrote:
but Monkey Pox is spread through sexual contact. I'm safe!
Actually, I've been thinking about that. It's true, but any physical contact with a lesion can lead to spread. I've been packed into subway cars, trolleys and buses in cities like New York, Boston and London. I see a potential problem there during hot weather when people don't have their entire bodies covered. Just common sense. Time will tell how this plays out.
Jul 29, 2022 12:57:14 #
Jul 29, 2022 13:03:45 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I watched a couple of videos by doctors on YouTube, and it looks like I'm safe. Not only have I been vaccinated against smallpox, but Monkey Pox is spread through sexual contact. I'm safe!
Yes, the scare of smallpox and vaccination against it will help a whole lot of older people!
bwa
Jul 29, 2022 13:32:18 #
therwol wrote:
Actually, I've been thinking about that. It's true, but any physical contact with a lesion can lead to spread. I've been packed into subway cars, trolleys and buses in cities like New York, Boston and London. I see a potential problem there during hot weather when people don't have their entire bodies covered. Just common sense. Time will tell how this plays out.
Unfortunately, that's true. Any contact with a person or anything the person has touched. That leaves a lot of scary surfaces. A real worry is if it goes into animals. Then it will spread faster and make humans have to be even more careful.
Jul 29, 2022 14:01:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I watched a couple of videos by doctors on YouTube, and it looks like I'm safe. Not only have I been vaccinated against smallpox, but Monkey Pox is spread through sexual contact. I'm safe!
The first part is good, not so sure about the 2nd part!!
Mark
Jul 29, 2022 18:38:48 #
If its spread thru sex the only way I'll get it is if I give it to myself.
Jul 30, 2022 06:45:16 #
ImageCreator wrote:
If its spread thru sex the only way I'll get it is if I give it to myself.
Jul 30, 2022 07:57:41 #
markngolf wrote:
The first part is good, not so sure about the 2nd part!!
Mark
Mark
As for the second part, I'll pay for camera gear, but there are some things I won't pay for.
Jul 30, 2022 08:02:28 #
Like you, Jerry, I am also safe...at my age all I can do is think about sex...ROFL!!!!!
Jul 30, 2022 08:37:26 #
Rich2236 wrote:
...at my age all I can do is think about sex...ROFL!!!!!
I know what you mean - all the time, right?
Jul 30, 2022 09:30:01 #
Just to have something to worry about. I was wondering about cow pox, originally used to prevent small pox, but it appears it only exists in Europe (mainly Britain) and Russia, can be very nasty including deadly, but is mainly spread by rodents and CATS. So think twice before playing with those stray cats over there.
Jul 30, 2022 09:30:17 #
Just curious, but does the smallpox vaccine I got as a child over 60 years ago really still protect me from either smallpox or monkey pox? Seems like an awfully long time to be effective? Since they declared smallpox dead a good while back and virtually no one has been vaccinated for it since then, this leaves a whole lot of folks without any protection, but I have my doubts about my vaccination being effective after such a long time as well. Guess I need to do some research on this subject! While, I don't think the monkey pox infection numbers justify any sort of panic response, I would like to be informed on the subject as many probably would.
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