Monkeypox Vaccination

[JimmerJJ]

Hi all, anyone know if it's possible to get JYNNEOS vaccination against Monkeypox here in Bangkok?  Thanks

 

excerpt from web about what's available.

• JYNNEOS

  This vaccine is licensed to prevent both mpox and smallpox, and has been the primary vaccine used in the US during the current mpox outbreak. It's a two-dose vaccine that's injected into the upper arm. Common side effects include headache, nausea, muscle pain, tiredness, and reactions at the injection site. 
  ACAM2000
• This vaccine is also licensed to prevent smallpox, but hasn't been used in the current mpox outbreak. It has more known side effects and contraindications than JYNNEOS, but could be made available for mpox under an investigational new drug protocol. 

   

   

 

Edited August 21 by JimmerJJ

[Hummin]

Is there a reason why you feel you need vaccination against Monkeypox? 

 

If you not in physical contact with people who interfere with people who have contact with people internationally you should be fine. 

 

Older adults who have had smallpox vaccine will be immunized against monkeypox. However, people who were born after 1980 may not have received smallpox vaccine

 

the vaccine currently not available in Thailand

 

Read more here 

https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/content/questions-about-monkeypox?srsltid=AfmBOoqZ97Aw9uO-1BiFf_LE6YscKlLGdoXyNAL5z0vwDicY9kHADj4r

Edited August 21 by Hummin

[JimmerJJ]

Thanks for the info!  Just wondering if it was available in Thailand, I guess not.  It's not a big problem now but there have been several outbreaks in the last few years and the newest outbreak is very virulent and deadly.  We'll see, hopefully it will just blow over (but then I said that about Covid :-)).  I don't think it's going away IMHO.  I had a smallpox vaccination about 65 years ago (I hope my body remembers that :-)).  🤞

Edited August 21 by JimmerJJ

[Hummin]

Just saw this after your post, you might have seen it

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1336081-thai-red-cross-offers-mpox-vaccine-for-8500-baht-per-dose/#comment-19167492

[Polar Bear]

The Red Cross has been offering on and off for a few months. Their supply is limited, and they are prioritising people at high risk of STDs. 

[orang37]

Hey, I’m not 100% sure about Bangkok, but you might want to check with international clinics or hospitals that cater to expats, they’re usually the best bet for stuff like this. 

[connda]

Round 2.  And not even an airborne pathogen.  But mask up to be safe! 

[farang51]

14 minutes ago, connda said:

Round 2.  And not even an airborne pathogen.  But mask up to be safe! 

 

One of the strains is airborne.

[Sheryl]

Please see   https://aseannow.com/topic/1336081-thai-red-cross-offers-mpox-vaccine-for-8500-baht-per-dose/#comment-19167492

 

There is some extremely limited, imported vaccone controlled by the Thai Red Cross and provided only to very high risk groups.

 

 

[Sorted2024]

Hasn't the last few years taught people anything?

[Sydebolle]

Here is to verify the truth of your assumption. On the left picture you see an enlargement of the virus and to the right you see an updated vaccination certificate with the relevant stamps and stickers. 

You're welcome! 

[jerrymahoney]

Just a friendly note this ain't the Pub.

[Letseng]

On 8/21/2024 at 2:03 PM, JimmerJJ said:

Thanks for the info!  Just wondering if it was available in Thailand, I guess not.  It's not a big problem now but there have been several outbreaks in the last few years and the newest outbreak is very virulent and deadly.  We'll see, hopefully it will just blow over (but then I said that about Covid :-)).  I don't think it's going away IMHO.  I had a smallpox vaccination about 65 years ago (I hope my body remembers that :-)).  🤞

Try Thai Red Cross.

[Sheryl]

A number of trolling/conspiracy posts have been removed. As has a flaming post.

 

Mpox is real. It is  however not spread by casual contact and vaccination of the general population is not recommended. 

[GroveHillWanderer]

On 8/21/2024 at 9:01 PM, farang51 said:

One of the strains is airborne.

 

That's not quite accurate. While all of the strains of mpox can be spread via pulmonary secretions that only happens by being in very close to proximity to an infected person and breathing in directly exhaled droplets, and it is not the normal means of spread.

 

So mpox is not really airborne in the same way as diseases such as flu or Covid. It does not linger in the air, nor travel any appreciable distance through the air.

 

As the Reuters article below states: 

 

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Mpox transmits through close physical contact, including sexual contact, but there is no evidence that it spreads easily through the air.

 

Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?