Update, On The Canadians' Attrition Rates, In Getting Mpox Second Doses Of The Vaccine -- Particularly Among Men Who Have Sex With Other Men...

The British Columbian health authorities are warning, overnight, that Canada is starting to become a higher risk geography -- for mpox, particularly in the gay community. [My prior backgrounder from November 2024 -- on the Canadian outbreak is here.]

For the love of Pete, people (literally!) -- please do go get BOTH doses of the vaccine. It is highly effective, but only if you "take all your medicine". Both doses. Seriously. Here's the latest out of Vancouver, BC:

. . .Vancouver Coastal Health says there's been a recent spike in mpox, the viral infection also known as monkeypox.

A statement from the health authority says the increase is cases is predominantly among gay and bisexual men who haven't had two doses of the vaccine that prevents the infection.

It says the disease is prevalent in parts of Africa, and since 2022, one of the African strains has spread to more than 70 countries, transmitting from person to person.

Data from the BC Centre for Disease Control show 96 cases last year and 19 so far this year, most of which the health authority says have been in its jurisdiction.

The statement says that of the people in B.C. who have had their first shot of the vaccine since 2022, only 47 per cent have received the follow up dose. . . .

We are likely to see another very busy day in the courts, and certainly will see another blood bath -- now stretching seven sessions, minimum -- on Wall Street. F U G L Y.



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