But just because it could happen certainly doesn’t mean that it did. We know that there are physiological responses to the vaccines above and beyond antibody production, and some of those changes could make us more susceptible. That said, I don’t think it’s impossible. “If you develop a flu-like illness who has a rash of any kind, you really just need to be evaluated,” he said.įirstly, to be clear, there is currently zero evidence that the COVID vaccine has anything to do with susceptibility to monkeypox.
However Fawcett is still urging caution for the disease, which can be deadly in one out of 10 people. The course of the disease runs for 2-4 weeks and is cured without any treatment. Health officials stress that the risk of contracting monkeypox is still low for the general public. There have been about 100 cases reported recently in Europe, North America, Israel and Australia. But this appears to be the first time monkeypox is spreading among people who did not travel to Africa. There are vaccines for people who may have been exposed to the virus, and it does not appear to be as transmissible as COVID-19. Typical symptoms include fever, body aches, chills and fatigue, but more serious illness can include lesions developing on the hands and face. It comes from the same virus family as smallpox, but tends to cause less severe symptoms. Most human cases have been in central and west Africa, where the disease is endemic. Monkeypox is a virus first discovered in 1958 and originates in wild animals like rodents and primates, and occasionally jumps to people. "Physical contact seems to be the most common method of transmission.”
have been probably acquired sexually," Fawcett said. “Most of the cases that I've read about in Europe and in the U.S. Unlike COVID-19, Fawcett said, monkeypox does not primarily spread through respiratory droplets. "It’s not exactly clear where the virus was first contracted.” “(The virus being discovered in Seattle) raises some increased concern, in part because our local population in Deschutes County, especially during the summer months, tends to travel a little bit more than, say, a few other counties in Oregon,” Fawcett said. Richard Fawcett concerned and looking to learn more. That’s has Deschutes County Assistant Health Officer, Dr. The case, reported to Public Health - Seattle & King County on Sunday, is an adult male who recently traveled internationally to a country that reported monkeypox cases recently. Typically, the monkeypox virus is only found in Africa, but a new global outbreak has seen nearly 100 cases reported in North America, Europe, Israel and Australia, including the one in Seattle this weekend.