Monkeypox is NOT COVID and will not cause the same devastation/death/ lockdowns as COVID-19.'Įxperts reassure us that we are well-equipped to handle monkeypox, with its reasonably distinctive and identifiable rash, and with antiviral medications, and vaccines being available. He urged people to “be cautious” but emphasized that “there’s no need for further fear and panic on top of what we have for COVID-19. Melvin Sanicas, aka told me that monkeypox transmission is limited and requires contact with large droplets, infected lesions, or body fluids. Since 2009, BARDA has supported the development of a freeze-dried version of the vaccine with longer shelf-life to replace the stockpile and in 2017 awarded the Company a ten-year contract valued at USD 539 million for supply of freeze-dried vaccines.” Conclusion The company notes it “has supplied nearly 30 million doses of the liquid-frozen version to HHS, with the vast majority being delivered for emergency use before approval of the vaccine by the FDA in 2019. Future options total $299 million to convert the existing bulk vaccine, previously purchased by BARDA, to approximately 13 million freeze-dried JYNNEOS doses. BARDA has a contract with the pharmaceutical and has exercised the first options under this to supply a freeze-dried version of JYNNEOS® smallpox vaccine, valued at USD $119 million. SIGA stock went from $7.42 on May 12 to ~$14 on May 27, 99.7% in the past month.īavarian Nordic stock rose 83% in the past month. On May 12, the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a contract to SIGA to buy up to approximately $7.5 million of oral TPOXX. In 2018, BARDA and Siga signed a contract valued at ~$629 million to deliver 1.7 million courses of TPOXX for the national stockpile. government ( BARDA) to address threats that are posed by biological weapons.

Jynneos has symptoms typical of many vaccinations-aching, headache, tiredness, nausea, and chills-which are self-limited. Ring vaccination has been used for smallpox and Ebola, which, like monkeypox, are easily identified diseases because of unusual symptoms. Only close contacts are immunized initially, and the ring is expanded if more people need to be vaccinated. Using a ring vaccination strategy, Jynneos has been offered to higher-risk contacts in the UK and will be in the US. The US stockpile has 1000 doses available now. It is made by Bavarian Nordic and was approved by the FDA in 2019. The new vaccine, called JYNNEOS® in the US (IMVANEX® in Europe IMVAMUNE® in Canada), does not contain any live virus. This is because of complications seen using a similar vaccine, Dryvax, which was discontinued in 1977. It contains a live vaccinia virus, so it can’t be used on many people-those who are immunocompromised, are pregnant, have eczema, or for children. There is a good supply of ACAM2000, used to vaccinate military recruits-our stockpile has more than 100 million doses. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images) Getty Images Vaccines Soldiers receiving the vaccination for the first time gets jabbed three times, and those who have already received the vaccination years ago receive 15 jabs. The vaccine, containing the live virus called vaccinia, is given using a bifurcated, or two pronged, needle. Division against smallpox Januat the Tully Clinic at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. Jacob Jennings vaccinates a soldier from the Third Infantry.

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