How Much of the World Is Still Getting a Small Pox Vaccination?

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Most people don't really need a particular drug directed at killing the virus or stopping its spread. Most people do find just taking care of themselves at home, drinking lots of fluids and controlling any fever or symptoms with pain and fever medicines. But are currently being hospitalized, i think, often just to prevent spread while other absurd contingencies are managed. There's some evidence from human trials in the central african republic that are promising, so that's a good thing.

Good news: Epidemiologists don’t think monkeypox will be as bad as Covid-19. Bad news: We stopped vaccinating people against this type of disease decades ago. Vox reporter (and resident epidemiologist) Keren Landman explains.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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