live vaccine exposure

If someone you know had the live monkeypox vaccine, do you need to stay away from them for a time in order to avoid exposure?

[JigFettler Volunteer]

Yes!

Jig

[Poodle2]

My doctor has always been ok with me staying around my kids when they had live vaccines. This was before I started treatment though. I think you should call them and ask them. If you are not on treatment and reasonably healthy, then maybe it would not be a problem. If you can stay away easily, then just do it.

[SofiaDeo in reply to Poodle2]

I don't think your doc would currently be comfortable with you being around people who have had live or live attenuated vaccines right now!

[Poodle2 in reply to SofiaDeo]

Yes, I think so too, hence my comment about pre treatment. I always check with my doctor. I think Hidden should as well. Only your doctor knows your situation...but if easy to do, it's probably always better to avoid contact with people who had live vaccines.

[Hidden]

Thank you. I have left a message with doctor. I am post fcr treatment but on immuno globulin infusions so feeling good about it. Thanks again.

[SofiaDeo]

Attenuated live vaccines are included in the caution in us immune compromised people. So while we can get preventative influenza *injections*, the nasal dosage form isn't recommended. Since it is *possible* for someone getting a live or live attenuated vaccine to have some "live virus" in them, I would play it safe and avoid them/take precautions. We just don't know, monkeypox prevention is new.

[Ghounds]

Better safe than sorry so, yes I think so.

[Dahlia7]

Gaslighted??? Really? Just because you can’t see em don’t mean they ain’t there.

[Hidden]

Nurse called me back and said that based on her research…I think she googled it…7 days should be the vaccine shedding time and after that I should be ok to visit with vaccinated friend. Though she was basing her answer on a live flu vaccine data and not monkeypox vaccine information. She suggested I call public health. Not sure they would know more but will give it a try. Thanks for all your feedback.

[The-Man-with-a-Plan]

Misty: Mainstream Media in the US is acting like MonkeyPox is the new COVID-19. This is certainly something I don't want to get but transmission requires prolonged exposure to someone who has active disease and may have open sores. Right now, the majority of people in the US who have confirmed MonkeyPox cases (3800+) are gay men. This harkens back to the early days of HIV/AIDS. The biggest difference - most people recover in ~ 4 weeks from their infection.

What this means for our CLL community is a matter of debate. Still, I agree with you. We are being gaslighted.

[Hidden in reply to The-Man-with-a-Plan]

These sorts of conspiracy comments are the reason I deleted my social media accounts. I thought this site was different, with rational nonjudgemental people. Guess I was wrong. I would hate to leave this important to me CLL community but looks like I may have to.

[The-Man-with-a-Plan in reply to Hidden]

Really? Have you been following the monkeypox outbreak? This is no 'conspiracy theory'. I'm simply stating facts. To Misty's original point, there are lots and lots of viruses and other 'bad actors' out there that we need to be aware of. Monkey Pox is one of them. The WHO declaring that the monkeypox outbreak a 'global health emergency' is indeed, gaslighting.

[Dahlia7 in reply to The-Man-with-a-Plan]

It’s quite amazing to me as one who has practiced and studied medicine and had formal training infections diseases that some are so quick to doubt the validity and expertise of scientists like those in the WHO. Is it innate human distrust or simply just not realizing that you don’t know what you don’t know? Personally I find it rather disturbing and not really in the realm of debate at all. Enough said.

[The-Man-with-a-Plan in reply to Dahlia7]

I'm sorry to hear you are 'disturbed' but, unlike you, I don't blindly follow the dictates of international organizations. WHO is as much a political organization as it is a scientific body of medical professionals and researchers. So, yes, questioning what they say is appropriate. How they handled COVID, especially in the early stages of the disease, was beyond the pale.

I encourage you to read this article: bbc.com/news/world-57085505

It will open your eyes.

[ikahan in reply to Dahlia7]

the WHO lied about transmission of COVID in the early days, claiming that there was no evidence of human to human transmission. they did this entirely for political reasons. this contributed to the spread of this pandemic. So everyone - doctors and the public - need to think critically. And don't listen to anyone who lectures you about how you must quietly listen and submit to some authority.

[The-Man-with-a-Plan]

It's a shame but sooo true. Open debate is a lost art. Yelling and screaming - virtually or in person - has replaced the cogent debate and civil conversation. BTW - I still believe your comment was spot on.