Transmission is by phiysical contact. SPs see many clients, so they may be at risk, no one really knows how bad it is. Will you take precautions?
Will monkeypox affect your hobbying?
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Saw an infectious disease expert on TV he said prioritize sex workers for the vaccine.
They will want to get the gay community vaxed first but I know someone in Toronto who is not gay but a SW and got vaxed without them asking if they meet any of the requirements.
People 50 and older probably had the smallpox vaccine and gotten the shingles vaccine, wonder if the shingles vaccine offers some protection?
Copied and pasted from the internet, but cannot guarantee the accuracy of this opinion. No mention of shingles vaccine in this article:
"No, the routine smallpox vaccine given before 1972 doesn't give full protection against monkeypox
People over the age of 50 likely received a routine smallpox vaccination during the worldwide eradication campaign. The vaccine also protected against monkeypox.
Author: Anne Allred
Published: 5:04 PM CDT July 19, 2022
Updated: 7:13 PM CDT July 21, 2022
ST. LOUIS — On May 18, a man in Massachusetts tested positive for monkeypox, becoming the first U.S. case this year.
Monkeypox is typically found in Africa, and rare cases in the U.S. and elsewhere are usually linked to travel there. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 19, there were 2,107 cases of monkeypox reported in the U.S., including nine in Missouri and 200 in Illinois.
Social media users have posted a lot of questions about monkeypox, and some are wondering if they already have some protection.
THE QUESTION:
Do people who were vaccinated for smallpox prior to 1972 have some immunity to monkeypox?
THE SOURCES:
-Dr. Sharon Frey, clinical director of Saint Louis University's Center for Vaccine Development
-Dr. Paul Offit, director of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Vaccine Education Center
-New York State Department of Health
THE ANSWER:
We can verify people who received the smallpox vaccine before 1972 were also protected against monkeypox. But it doesn't mean you’re still protected. A booster vaccine is needed to ensure immunity to both viruses.
WHAT WE FOUND:
Prior to 1972, the smallpox vaccination was routine in the United States. Our experts say it also protected people from monkeypox because both diseases are part of the poxvirus family.
The vaccine experts told the Verify team studies have shown some people can have partial protection against these diseases for decades.
However, Dr. Frey said, "This does not mean that someone would be completely protected from disease if exposed, but it could mean that a response to a booster vaccination would provide a quicker response."
Another opinion, from the UK, which also includes the unexpected benefits of several other types of vaccinations. Apologies for the blank spaces I couldn't delete...
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How a jab you had as a child could save you from monkeypox... and it's not the only vaccine with unexpected health benefits
By DR MICHAEL MOSLEY FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 18:13 EDT, 3 June 2022 | UPDATED: 20:15 EDT, 3 June 2022
Forget landing on the Moon or inventing the computer, I think the smallpox vaccination campaign, which eliminated a hideous disease that in the 20th century alone killed more than 300 million people, is one of mankind’s greatest achievements.
And it’s a gift that keeps on giving because it could protect you against monkeypox, even if you were vaccinated decades ago.
There have been nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in the UK since the outbreak began four weeks ago.
Although it’s rarely fatal, it can cause a nasty rash that appears first on the palms of your hands and soles of the feet, and then the rest of the body.
How worried should we be about monkeypox? The World Health Organisation says ‘at the moment, we are not concerned of a pandemic’, but it is monitoring events.
WHO advisor: No reason for unnecessary panic over monkeypox
One worry is that as monkeypox spreads it may mutate into something much more contagious, as Covid did.
One bit of good news, at least if you are over 51 years old, is that you may already be protected against monkeypox by the smallpox vaccine, which, until 1971, was routinely given to young children (the vaccines were stopped when smallpox was no longer considered a risk in the UK).
Smallpox is related to monkeypox and studies suggest that the vaccines for smallpox also offer 85 per cent protection against monkeypox.
What is particularly impressive is that decades later, when people who were inoculated as babies are re-tested, they still show a strong protective antibody response to smallpox (the record so far is someone who was inoculated more than 90 years ago).
This could help explain why the majority of cases of monkeypox have been in people under 50. So a big thanks to my parents for getting me inoculated.
But the smallpox vaccine is not the only one that provides some unexpected benefits.
Flu jabs protect against dementia
It might seem unlikely, but a vaccination against the flu — or pneumonia — not only protects you against these diseases but also reduces your risk of Alzheimer’s.
That was the conclusion of a study from the University of Texas Health Science Center in the U.S., based on the health records of more than 9,000 people — those who had an annual flu jab were 13 per cent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those who didn’t; with the pneumonia jab, they were up to 40 per cent less likely to develop the condition.
One theory is that the vaccines prevent inflammation which can spread to your brain.
It might seem unlikely, but a vaccination against the flu — or pneumonia — not only protects you against these diseases but also reduces your risk of Alzheimer’s
Yellow fever and breast cancer
Yellow fever is a rather more exotic vaccine, which you tend to have for travelling to some parts of Africa and South America.
Rather surprisingly, the vaccine may also protect women against breast cancer.
In a ten-year study by the University of Padua in Italy, researchers tracked more than 12,000 women who’d been immunised against yellow fever and found that those who’d had the jab between the ages of 40 to 54 had nearly half the chance of developing breast cancer in the two years after vaccination compared to women who were not vaccinated.
Strangely, the jab didn’t offer the same protection to women given it before 40 or after 54.
The yellow fever vaccine contains a live, but weakened, virus (which you also find in the chickenpox and polio vaccines) — it’s thought that the live virus stirs up the immune system, which then also destroys breast cancer cells at a very early stage in the disease, before they become aggressive, which they’re more likely to do in younger women.
Shingles and stroke risk
Having a vaccine to prevent shingles may also reduce your risk of having a stroke.
Shingles is caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus which lies dormant in the nerves after the original infection, and can cause a rash with lasting nerve pain. It’s common in people over 50, though you have to be over 70 to be offered a free vaccine on the NHS.
As well as preventing shingles, the vaccine may reduce your risk of stroke by nearly 20 per cent, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S., based on the medical records of a million people aged 66 or older. Like the vaccines against flu and pneumonia, the benefit may be due to reduced inflammation.
Tuberculosis and bladder cancer
In the UK more than 10,300 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer every year.
Surprisingly, one of the frontline treatments, which helps prevent it spreading or coming back, is an injection of BCG, a vaccine made up of weakened bacteria that you’re given as a child to protect you against tuberculosis (TB).
As with the yellow fever vaccine it seems to encourage your immune system to become active and kill off cancer cells that might grow back, or that are left behind.
It is part of an exciting approach to preventing and treating cancer, known as immunotherapy, which holds great promise for the future.
So there you go. At a time when the anti-vax movement is stronger than ever, these are some more reasons to celebrate the remarkable things that vaccines can protect us from — and a reminder of why you really do want to keep up with your jabs.
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How a jab you had as a child could save you from monkeypox... and it's not the only vaccine with unexpected health benefits
By DR MICHAEL MOSLEY FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 18:13 EDT, 3 June 2022 | UPDATED: 20:15 EDT, 3 June 2022
Forget landing on the Moon or inventing the computer, I think the smallpox vaccination campaign, which eliminated a hideous disease that in the 20th century alone killed more than 300 million people, is one of mankind’s greatest achievements.
And it’s a gift that keeps on giving because it could protect you against monkeypox, even if you were vaccinated decades ago.
There have been nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in the UK since the outbreak began four weeks ago.
Although it’s rarely fatal, it can cause a nasty rash that appears first on the palms of your hands and soles of the feet, and then the rest of the body.
How worried should we be about monkeypox? The World Health Organisation says ‘at the moment, we are not concerned of a pandemic’, but it is monitoring events.
WHO advisor: No reason for unnecessary panic over monkeypox
One worry is that as monkeypox spreads it may mutate into something much more contagious, as Covid did.
One bit of good news, at least if you are over 51 years old, is that you may already be protected against monkeypox by the smallpox vaccine, which, until 1971, was routinely given to young children (the vaccines were stopped when smallpox was no longer considered a risk in the UK).
Smallpox is related to monkeypox and studies suggest that the vaccines for smallpox also offer 85 per cent protection against monkeypox.
What is particularly impressive is that decades later, when people who were inoculated as babies are re-tested, they still show a strong protective antibody response to smallpox (the record so far is someone who was inoculated more than 90 years ago).
This could help explain why the majority of cases of monkeypox have been in people under 50. So a big thanks to my parents for getting me inoculated.
But the smallpox vaccine is not the only one that provides some unexpected benefits.
Flu jabs protect against dementia
It might seem unlikely, but a vaccination against the flu — or pneumonia — not only protects you against these diseases but also reduces your risk of Alzheimer’s.
That was the conclusion of a study from the University of Texas Health Science Center in the U.S., based on the health records of more than 9,000 people — those who had an annual flu jab were 13 per cent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those who didn’t; with the pneumonia jab, they were up to 40 per cent less likely to develop the condition.
One theory is that the vaccines prevent inflammation which can spread to your brain.
It might seem unlikely, but a vaccination against the flu — or pneumonia — not only protects you against these diseases but also reduces your risk of Alzheimer’s
Yellow fever and breast cancer
Yellow fever is a rather more exotic vaccine, which you tend to have for travelling to some parts of Africa and South America.
Rather surprisingly, the vaccine may also protect women against breast cancer.
In a ten-year study by the University of Padua in Italy, researchers tracked more than 12,000 women who’d been immunised against yellow fever and found that those who’d had the jab between the ages of 40 to 54 had nearly half the chance of developing breast cancer in the two years after vaccination compared to women who were not vaccinated.
Strangely, the jab didn’t offer the same protection to women given it before 40 or after 54.
The yellow fever vaccine contains a live, but weakened, virus (which you also find in the chickenpox and polio vaccines) — it’s thought that the live virus stirs up the immune system, which then also destroys breast cancer cells at a very early stage in the disease, before they become aggressive, which they’re more likely to do in younger women.
Shingles and stroke risk
Having a vaccine to prevent shingles may also reduce your risk of having a stroke.
Shingles is caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus which lies dormant in the nerves after the original infection, and can cause a rash with lasting nerve pain. It’s common in people over 50, though you have to be over 70 to be offered a free vaccine on the NHS.
As well as preventing shingles, the vaccine may reduce your risk of stroke by nearly 20 per cent, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S., based on the medical records of a million people aged 66 or older. Like the vaccines against flu and pneumonia, the benefit may be due to reduced inflammation.
Tuberculosis and bladder cancer
In the UK more than 10,300 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer every year.
Surprisingly, one of the frontline treatments, which helps prevent it spreading or coming back, is an injection of BCG, a vaccine made up of weakened bacteria that you’re given as a child to protect you against tuberculosis (TB).
As with the yellow fever vaccine it seems to encourage your immune system to become active and kill off cancer cells that might grow back, or that are left behind.
It is part of an exciting approach to preventing and treating cancer, known as immunotherapy, which holds great promise for the future.
So there you go. At a time when the anti-vax movement is stronger than ever, these are some more reasons to celebrate the remarkable things that vaccines can protect us from — and a reminder of why you really do want to keep up with your jabs.
Hmm if this spreads to straight folks,the industry is going to take a hit as it’s going to take many of us out for sure until we’re vaccinated.
We just went through 2 years of lockdowns and masks over a disease most were deathly afraid of yet the industry kept humming along.
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I wonder if they let you get the vaccine if you identify as a slutty gay dude over 18 even if you are not.
I heard they don't even ask you if you meet the criteria (ie. gay) but you walk in there and say you are.
Hey just like George Carlin I'll take a shot in the mouth if it means getting closer to my goals, don't be so suburban, it's the new millennium.
I'm more afraid of monkeypox than covid. Monkeypox can leave scarring., and I can't risk my beautiful face.
I know they're unrelated diseases, and chickenpox isn't an actual pox virus but I had that as an adult and it wasn't great. I lost a lot of weight, was in constant pain for weeks, took a year or more for the scars to go away. If it's anything like that I'd do anything to avoid it.
I'm going to get vaccinated as soon as I could find one. I dont care if I have to lie about being gay.
I know they're unrelated diseases, and chickenpox isn't an actual pox virus but I had that as an adult and it wasn't great. I lost a lot of weight, was in constant pain for weeks, took a year or more for the scars to go away. If it's anything like that I'd do anything to avoid it.
I'm going to get vaccinated as soon as I could find one. I dont care if I have to lie about being gay.
I'm taking a break from hobbying.
I might still get the odd massage though.
The virus cannot be transmitted through human touch alone AFAIK
I might still get the odd massage though.
The virus cannot be transmitted through human touch alone AFAIK
For those who do wanna get the vaccine, you might wanna start practicing your lisp
By close physical contact it can be transmitted, so depends on what kind of “massage” you go for.
No. Skin to skin contact with someone who has lesions is sufficient. Apparently can even be transmitted via contact with bedding that an infected person has used.
