The state now recommends people who have been exposed to someone with monkey pox get the vaccene. The vaccine is sourced from a company called bavarian nornick that's headquartered in denmark, and that is where their main production facility is. We haven't seen cases world wide since very early 19 80 so there is a relationship between the us. Government and this bavaria nordi company. For a long time, the genos vaccine was approved by the fda in 20 19 for use for smallpox and monkey pox prevention. But i don't think anybody anticipated that they would need to use it the way we're talking about using it now.
Gay men, queer people, and their partners represent an overwhelming majority of monkeypox cases. But even though the WHO just declared the disease a global health emergency, resources like vaccines, testing, and treatment remain largely out of reach. Health reporter Keren Landman and virologist Joseph Osmundson explain.
This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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