The good news is that thus far, the smallpox vaccine that exists is effective against monkeypox. The bad news is that almost no young people are smallpox vaccinated, although there is a stockpile.
Oh and this one more severely hits children, so I don't want to hear Dull Taco's "but its only the olds who will die!"
F**king boomers.
I saw a video from Dr John Campbell (who has gained some fame in the past two years) on this. He's in his 60s and I think he mentioned that he got that vaccine when he was young, but that getting it wasn't that common amongst anyone by that point. It's probably the pre-"Boomers" (i.e. those at least in their 70s) who have had it in the highest numbers.
