Even after receiving a shipment of 2,420 doses of the monkeypox vaccine Tuesday, Philadelphia health officials acknowledged vaccine supplies continue to be short of what’s needed. “The demand is much, much greater than the supply,” one official said.
Even after receiving a shipment of monkeypox vaccine Tuesday, Philadelphia health officials acknowledged vaccine supplies continue to be short of what’s needed.
Monkeypox has so far not led to any deaths, but does cause lesions and rashes that can be extremely painful. The symptoms can last for up to a month, a period during which a person can spread the illness. “We have a few thousand vaccines in the city and a lot of wonderful providers, including the emergency departments that employ hundreds of people,” said Shara Epstein, medical director for the health department’s division of disease control. “We could use every vaccine on those people.”campuses this fall when classes resume.
“What we see presented at our wellness clinic is panic,” said Sebrina Tate, executive director of Bebashi, a health provider focused on people with HIV. “There’s a lot of fear because there’s a lack of information.”
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