broken one Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 No, my head is full of war and there's no space left for diseases, climate change and other catastrophes. Moreover, I was vaccinated against smallpox, it was obligatory in Poland until 1980. Had chicken pox too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 The real problem with monkey pox is they named it monkey pox which makes me almost wish I could get it because...monkey pox. Chataya de Fleury 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 You guys had me at "pet prairie dogs", I cannot divert my eyes. Chataya de Fleury 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 12 hours ago, Chataya de Fleury said: I’ve read that the smallpox vaccine can lose effectiveness over time (though that isn’t critical right now unless one were facing…smallpox). I’ve also read that possibly having a previous chickenpox infection or being vaccinated against chickenpox can prevent this monkey pox virus. Which explains perhaps 2003 infections and also currently young (gay/bisexual male) people. My generation was one of the last where EVERYONE got chickenpox (mine was extremely painful, with chickenpox in my throat) and my son’s generation was a generation where the chickenpox vaccine was a given, unless the parents had weird things against vaccines or just thought it wasn’t necessary. I had chicken pox about 8 times as a Kid. All very mild and never more than 4 spots at the itchy stage at a time. No other symptoms. I was 10 the last time I managed to catch it. I kinda guess that this may mean I have less protection against Monkey Pox than most people my age who just get chicken pox once. although I guess I might not get it as bad since I don't seem to get chicken pox pox bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoannaL Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 As far as I know the monkey pox virus is related to smallpox, so everyone who got that vaccine in the 60 and 70 is fine. On the other hand monkey pox is not related to chickenpox, so having had chickenpox or the respective vaccine doesnt help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durckad Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Yes internet, please give me another thing to be terrified of. I'm almost at the level where I need an excel spreadsheet to keep track of them all. Thank you broken one, Ormond, Sophelia and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Since I am 70 I of course had chicken pox as a child as I am way older than the vaccine for it. I am sort of amazed at the people on this thread who said they had it more than once in childhood. The one time I had it was bad enough -- I remember itching horribly and my mother bathing me in a tub with baking soda in the water to try to reduce the itching. Of course at my age since I've had chicken pox my quandary is whether or not I should get the shingles vaccine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Hate to admit it, but I didn't even know there was a vaccine for chickenpox until reading this thread. My brother and I got it when I was 5 and I barely remember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken one Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) Is there vaccine against chicken pox at all? I think one has to get ill to gain immunity. And normally you cannot catch it twice. For sure there is one against smallpox or ''true pox" as it is called in Poland. Edited May 23 by broken one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 1 minute ago, broken one said: Is there vaccine against chicken pox at all? Yeah this thread made me look up the wikipedia page on it. Apparently it became widespread in the US in 1995, which was five years after I got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) Why are people talking about chickenpox when we're probably, in all likelihood, dealing with a bio-engineered weapon of war? Edited May 23 by Spockydog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoodedCrow Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Shingles is painful and the pain can last. You could lose your vision. Yes, you can get it from previous chicken pox or personal contact. I have the Shingles vaccine on my list, but I’ve been saving my limited stamina for boosters. I think there are two different companies? One vaccine is split. I haven’t done the due diligence. I will get it as soon as I’m in good enough shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Also, chickenpox and monkeypox are completely different types of virus, so having had chickenpox as a kid really isn't going to help you here. At least, that's what some virologist was saying on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Why are people talking about chickenpox For me it was just cuz I didn't know until now there was a chickenpox vaccine. Edited May 23 by DMC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 1 hour ago, Spockydog said: Why are people talking about chickenpox when we're probably, in all likelihood, dealing with a bio-engineered weapon of war? Are we? Or is this some sorta Wuhan lab reloaded. Do you know anything about patient zero, or are you just guessing? HelenaExMachina 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 6 hours ago, Pebble thats Stubby said: I had chicken pox about 8 times as a Kid. All very mild and never more than 4 spots at the itchy stage at a time. No other symptoms. I was 10 the last time I managed to catch it. I kinda guess that this may mean I have less protection against Monkey Pox than most people my age who just get chicken pox once. although I guess I might not get it as bad since I don't seem to get chicken pox pox bad. 8 times? It's so extremely rare to contract a second time, let alone a third time. Not impossible...but 8 seems lime a reason for a note in a medical journal... I don't think I knew much about the vaccine for Chicken Pox before I had kids of my own...but I also know that there were those anti-vaxxers who'd have "chicken pox parties" when one kid got it and all those anti-vaxxing moms would send their kids over to ground zero to catch it all at once...which is just terrible parenting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 If it's an engineered weapon of war it's a really fucking shit one so far. HelenaExMachina 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 19 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Are we? Or is this some sorta Wuhan lab reloaded. Do you know anything about patient zero, or are you just guessing? Complete speculation. Based upon the fact that the WHO are calling the outbreak 'atypical', coupled with the rapid geographical spread for a disease that is supposedly much more difficult to transmit than Covid. It took Covid months to spread around the world. This just seems wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) Caught it [chicken pox I mean to avoid confusion] when I was around 10-12 or so. I remember it, because it was holiday season, and I caught it a couple of days before departure. I boarded the plane anyway, talking about responsible parenting... Edited May 23 by A Horse Named Stranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 2 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Complete speculation. Based upon the fact that the WHO are calling the outbreak 'atypical', coupled with the rapid geographical spread for a disease that is supposedly much more difficult to transmit than Covid. It took Covid months to spread around the world. This just seems wrong. Personally, I would keep the speculations out of discussions. Monkey pox are simply not lethal and transmissable enough to be a super effective bio weapon. So that would speak against this bio weapon hypothesis. Geographical spread. Yeah, possible. But then again, might be a pilot or flight attendant or something banging around as a super spreader. So no point in going down the bio weapon wormhole just, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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