Mpox could be making a comeback just in time to ruin hot gay summer
Monkeypox before the WHO renamed it last November—is so last year, right?Wrong.The virus is still knocking around. Even more worryingly, a small cluster of vaccinated men in France have displayed symptoms of the disease.
This has sparked fears among some experts the virus may have mutated and developed a greater degree of resistance.The Telegraph in the UK reports that in a recent cluster of 17 men who acquired Mpox in France, 10 reported being fully vaccinated.
None of them required hospitalization.Last year’s global outbreak predominantly impacted gay and bisexual men.There is no specific vaccine for Mpox.
However, as the virus is similar to smallpox, the vaccine for that virus offers a large degree of protection from Mpox. The brands Imvanex and Jynneos were used in Europe.
