'During the current outbreak of (recently renamed mpox), has been recommended to prevent mpox infection in persons who have had mpox exposure, but evidence to support this practice is limited.1,2 We conducted a study to evaluate potential breakthrough infections in participants who had received smallpox vaccine after high-risk exposure to mpox.'

nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM

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Gathering real world data on the efficacy of drugs and vaccines used to treat or prevent is vital. Many where developed for and approved via the FDA's "animal rule", which means that although the safety data is there, the efficacy is essentially unknown. I wrote a bit about this for in September when looking at the use of the for monkeypox.

nature.com/articles/d41591-022

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good conclusion👍

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