11-07-2022, 07:48 PM
(11-07-2022, 11:49 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: Did you get vaccinated against Polio? Or do you prefer to run the risk of contracting it?
IF there is a vaccine which protects against monkey pox, are you saying that you won't get it & prefer to take the risk of becoming infected?
"Only affects homosexuals??"
So you think that's OK & there's no need to worry about it then? Is that what you're saying?
Seeing as more cases of Polio are now caused by the vaccine than the wild virus, only a misguided fool would risk the vaccine if they're not at risk from the wild virus (i.e. they're hygienic, have a reasonable diet, healthy living conditions, don't live in the third world etc.).
Vaccines might be "safe and effective" but they most definitely not completely risk free. So, if you're not at risk from the whatever the vaccine is attempting to protect you from, it is a demonstration of very poor risk v. reward analysis to get vaccinated.
So, it is absolutely relevant that monkeypox is almost exclusively passed on via promiscuous sexual behaviour. If you're in a monogamous relationship, the monkeypox vaccine is a risk (possibly small, but a risk nonetheless) for essentially no reward.