2023-05-14 15:00:00
Monkey pox
After the World Health Organization decided that the corona epidemic is no longer a global health emergency, but has become a persistent threat, The organization reached similar conclusions regarding monkey pox as well. As you may remember, about a year ago an unusual chain of infections began outside of Africa of the monkeypox disease, a virus closely related to the extinct smallpox disease. Unlike its extinct cousin, monkeypox is less deadly and is mainly contagious by contact. The surprising outbreak quickly spread from Western European countries to North America and other countries, and the disease even reached Israel. Fortunately, the disease already has an effective vaccine, the same effective vaccine against smallpox only in a new version, and once enough vaccines were produced in combination with taking precautions among the risk groups, the spread of the disease began to decrease. The vaccination protocol includes two doses that are stored for many years, and according to an Israeli study published in recent months, Even one dose provides very good protection Against infection with the monkeypox virus.
Over 87 thousand patients were discovered during the outbreak in 111 countries around the world. 140 of the patients took their own lives, but this is becoming increasingly rare. Recently one case was found in Pakistan. In Britain, which was one of the leaders of the outbreak at the beginning, only 10 patients have been found since the beginning of the year.
In some African countries, the monkeypox disease is considered endemic, because there is a large animal population that is the natural reservoir for the disease. The unusual outbreak outside of Africa is under control, but the disease still exists, and there are also those in the world who fear that despite the obvious decline in morbidity, She might come back and raise her head After new cases were discovered in Chicago, United States and in France among people some of whom are vaccinated.
you’re back
Due to the decrease in the rate of routine vaccinations during the corona epidemic, there are currently widespread outbreaks of measles in the world. One of the countries experiencing such an outbreak is South Africa, And now there are also reports in the country of an unusual outbreak of measles. Measles is a viral disease, the vaccine against which is included in the same vaccine shot as the measles, and it is called the MMR shot, or MMRV, the version given in Israel to babies and also vaccinates against Chickenpox. The first M in the immunization letters symbolizes measles (Measles in English), and the second symbolizes you’re back (Mumps). A decrease in measles vaccinations inevitably leads to a decrease in vaccinations against the other diseases in the same injection, and hence also the outbreak of mumps.
Even so, the measles vaccine is slightly less effective than its sibling the vaccine against measles, and even when the vaccines are given correctly, there may sometimes be small outbreaks that will also harm the vaccinated. When you see such a drop in routine vaccinations that measles outbreaks start, the measles outbreak in South Africa may just be the first swallow.
The letter R in the vaccine symbolizes the Rubella disease (Rubella in English), a mild disease usually in children, but if a pregnant woman contracts it, irreversible damage to the fetus may occur. Since they started vaccinating all babies against rubella in Israel, there are no more cases of such damage to fetuses. The level of general immunity in the population against this disease may also decrease, if the vaccination rates with this vaccine do not increase again.
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