最近发生在非流行地区的猴痘疫情特别引人关注,有关猴痘的一些知识也随即涌入人们的视线,其中人们较为关注的是,无论是像WHO、美国CDC等权威机构,还是各种科普文章,都一致性地说,天花疫苗对猴痘提供85%的免疫保护。
“However, it is very unlikely that this epidemic will last long. The cases can be well isolated via contact tracing and there are also drugs and effective vaccines that can be used if necessary,” Fabian Lund of Germany's governmental health agency,the Robert Koch Institute, said.