Puppycow
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‘I’m really shocked.’ Children not being vaccinated for mpox in Congo
Looks like vaccine hesitancy (or anti-vaxx propaganda) and worries about potential liability could be to blame.
‘I’m really shocked.’ Children not being vaccinated for mpox in Congo
Looks like vaccine hesitancy (or anti-vaxx propaganda) and worries about potential liability could be to blame.
When children get mpox, they are more likely than adults to become severely ill and die. But despite their vulnerability, children are not eligible for the vaccines now being rolled out for the first time in the DRC. Instead, the vaccination campaign targets sex workers and their clients, health care workers, and people who have been in contact with cases.
So it is currently affecting more children than adults, and children also have worse outcomes, but are not eligible to be vaccinated, What is the risk-to-benefit trade-off here?The DRC has had mpox outbreaks for decades, predominantly affecting children, but they typically petered out quickly. Over the past year, however, a little-known variant of the virus exploded in the eastern DRC, which never had mpox before. . . . The DRC has had more than 40,000 suspected and confirmed cases this year, and in the past 4 weeks 60% were in children.