• Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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    16 days ago

    Get vax’d friends, if you haven’t already.

    “All three California patients — two in Los Angeles and one in Long Beach — were hospitalized and unvaccinated.”

    “Vaccination remains the most effective protection against severe disease. Health officials estimate the mpox vaccine is 75 to 80 percent effective. While no studies yet confirm how well it protects against the new recombinant strain, officials believe a high degree of protection is likely.”

  • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    16 days ago

    I’m sure it’s fine. The people in power are serious competent professionals, with an intelligent well educated civic-minded populace. We got this!